Luzerne is a borough located 5 miles (8 km) north of Wilkes Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, near the Susquehanna River. In the early years of the twentieth century, it had coal mines, a foundry, drill factories, flour and feed mills, a canning factory, and a silk mill. In 1900, 3,817 people lived here; in 1940, 7,082 people lived in Luzerne.