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We would like to provide the residents of  White Haven  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the White Haven Home page. The White Haven Home page provides as much information as possible on White Haven. Knowing White Haven’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within White Haven’s Home page, you will also find White Haven’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

White Haven has a population of 1057. 48.4% of White Haven’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.6 are female. 48.6% of White Haven is married and 77.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $98,044, and the average rent is $937. Household median income in White Haven is $44,840, and the individual median income is $24,813. White Haven’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.6%), Hispanic(6.1%), Multiple(1.7%), Black(0.7%).


Early European explorers to the Wyoming Valley encountered a new form of coal — anthracite — that was abundant throughout the region. At the time, anthracite was a valuable commodity without a good use. It wasn't until February 11, 1808, when Wilkes-Barre Judge Jesse Fell created the first iron grate in the valley to successfully burn anthracite.


This invention increased the popularity of anthracite as a fuel source. This led to the expansion of the coal industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Throughout the 1800s, canals and railroads were constructed to aid in the mining and transportation of coal. The County of Luzerne witnessed a population boom with the expansion of the coal mining industry. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company chartered the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad on March 31, 1837, in order to link Wilkes-Barre to White Haven.


Construction of the railroad began in 1839 and was completed in the 1840s. The arduous 19.58-mile (31.51 km) route required the construction of a tunnel and three inclined planes, which included the famed Ashley Planes.With the completion of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, the canal industry, which had existed for no more than one generation, faced a rapid extinction.


The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad moved Wyoming Valley anthracite from its various coal fields to White Haven; over the Appalachian Mountains that had posed such a challenge to settlers for 150 years. Once the L&SR reached White Haven, an extensive transportation network expeditiously and economically delivered the Wyoming Valley's “black diamonds” to a waiting market.


By 1867, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which was first established in the Hazleton area's coal fields, was linked to Wilkes-Barre, and then in 1869, the Lehigh Valley Railroad was connected to other rail systems in New York State.


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