Washington Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Taques Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 2.9 miles (4.7 km) long and flows through Washington Township and Tunkhannock Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 4.96 square miles (12.8 km2). The creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody and has no named tributaries. Its watershed is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.

Mehoopany is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 87, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south of Meshoppen. Mehoopany has a post office with ZIP code 18629.

Wyoming County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,069. Its county seat is Tunkhannock. It was created in 1842 from part of Luzerne County. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. Wyoming County is included in the Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Meshoppen Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 30.6 miles (49.2 km) long and flows through Bridgewater Township, Dimock Township, and Springville Township in Susquehanna County and Lemon Township, Washington Township, Meshoppen Township, and Meshoppen in Wyoming County. The watershed of the creek has an area of 114 square miles (300 km2). It is possible to canoe on 17.0 miles (27.4 km) of Meshoppen Creek.

Tunkhannock Area High School lies in the valley of the Endless Mountains. The school in Tunkhannock in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the sole high school operated by the Tunkhannock Area School District. Enrollment was 890 for the 2022–23 school year. Tunkhannock Area High School students may choose to attend Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades, cosmetology, Food Management and other careers. The Luzerne Intermediate Unit IU18 provides the school with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Tunkhannock ( tuhng-KA-nuhk) is a borough and county seat of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre, Tunkhannock is in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, lumbering was carried on extensively. Today, many residents are employed by the Procter & Gamble plant in nearby Washington Township. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,766. The name Tunkhannock is derived from the Minsi-Len'api term Ptuk'hanna'unk, which means "Bend-in-river-place", especially to the town's west, upstream at the radical bend called "The Neck". Modern Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, The Tunkhannock Historic District, bounded by Tioga, Pine, and Harrison Streets, and Wyoming Avenue, were added to the National Register of Historic Places in August 2005. Tunkhannock is 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Scranton, 88 miles (142 km) northwest of Allentown and 141.7 miles (228.0 km) northwest of New York City.

The Tunkhannock Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Sugar Hollow Creek is a tributary of Bowman Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 4.7 miles (7.6 km) long and flows through Mehoopany Township and Eaton Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 7.07 square miles (18.3 km2). The creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The surficial geology near its mouth consists of alluvium, Wisconsinan Outwash, and Wisconsinan Till. The creek is a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery, a Migratory Fishery, and Class A Wild Trout Waters.

Benson Hollow is a tributary of Bowman Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long and flows through Eaton Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of 1.82 square miles (4.7 km2). Benson Hollow is a first-order stream and is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The surficial geology in its vicinity consists of Wisconsinan Outwash, alluvium, Wisconsinan Till, bedrock, and a lake. The stream's watershed is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.

Tunkhannock Creek is a 42.3-mile-long (68.1 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania. English translations of the Lenni-Lenape Tunkhannock vary, including "meeting of the waters", "small stream", "wilderness stream", and "wooded stream". Most sources note, however, that hanna, as in Susque-, Toby-, Loyal-, Tunkhannock, and Lackawanna, suggests "moving water." Tunkhannock Creek is traced northeast along PA Highway 92 to its source of Cheraine Pond near Jackson. It has an eastern branch that rises in Herrick Township to the east and north of Elk Mountain and a southern branch that rises near Montdale in Scott Township. Tunkhannock Creek's major tributaries include, Nine Partners Creek, East Branch Tunkhannock Creek, Horton Creek, Martins Creek, Hop Bottom Creek, and South Branch Tunkhannock Creek. The 2,400-foot-long (730 m) Erie Lackawanna Railway Tunkhannock Viaduct (called locally the "Nicholson Bridge"), featuring multiple high concrete arches, passes over the creek near Nicholson. Tunkhannock Creek empties into the Susquehanna at Tunkhannock in Wyoming County.

Auburn Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,737 at the 2020 census.

In the early hours of the morning of June 8, 2017, employees at a Weis Markets supermarket in Eaton Township, Pennsylvania, United States, were stocking and closing the store for the night. Shortly before 1:00 a.m., 24-year-old Randy Stair barricaded the exits of the store and proceeded to shoot and kill three of his co-workers before fatally shooting himself.