Freeland, originally called Birbeckville after founder Joseph Birkbeck, then South Heberton, is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) south of Wilkes-Barre and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Hazleton in an agricultural region. Freeland was officially incorporated as a borough on September 11, 1876. Coal-mining was a chief industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the 2010 census, the population was 3,531. As of April 2014, the current Mayor of Freeland is Mr. Ed Appleman, who beat out the former Mayor of Freeland, Ms. Tami Martin.
Population: 3,531
Latitude: 41° 01' 0.30" N
Longitude: -75° 53' 49.70" W
Crestwood High School is a ninth through twelfth grade, suburban, public high school located on Route 309 in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Crestwood School District (Pennsylvania), which encompasses an …
Conyngham is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Butler Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bear Creek Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is licensed to the community of Scranton. WVIA is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister televis…
WMGS is an adult contemporary station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania called "Magic 93 - Continuous Soft Rock".
Sugarloaf Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Sugar Notch is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Hollywood was an unincorporated community and coal town that ultimately wound up within the boundaries of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Elmer L. Meyers Junior/Senior High School (commonly known throughout the area as 'E. L. Meyers' or 'Meyers') is an urban, public school located on 341 Carey Avenue, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It is one of three public high schools in the Wilkes-…
The Concrete City was an early example of International Style architecture in the United States, built as company housing in 1911 for select employees of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad's coal division in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. It was…
West Hazleton is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 31 miles (50 km) south of Wilkes Barre. In 1900, 2,516 people lived here; in 1910, 4,715 people lived here. The population was 4,594 at the 2010 census.
Warrior Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Blue Coal's Huber Breaker was a landmark located in the borough of Ashley, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. The breaker was built in 1939 to replace the Maxwell Breaker which was located at the colliery. Run-of-mine coal arriving…
Hometown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Beaver Meadows is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bear Creek Village is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 257 at the 2010 census.
WAZL is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania with service area extending to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton radio market. The station broadcasts in a country music radio format. It broadcasts at a frequency of 14…