Dimock, Pennsylvania

The Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve is a protected area that is managed by The Nature Conservancy. It covers 648 acres (262 ha) in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It is located just south of Montrose, Pennsylvania.

Dimock Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,232 at the 2020 census. It is the home of former U.S. Congressman Chris Carney, a Democrat who represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. The school building for the Elk Lake School District is located near the village of Elk Lake in the township. Dimock was the site of a much publicized incident of water contamination from hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Formation. In May 2012, after the installation of water treatment systems in affected homes, methane and arsenic were found only in small amounts at one home. At that time the EPA reported that their most recent "set of sampling did not show levels of contaminants that would give EPA reason to take further action." As of 2012, natural gas companies have been permitted to resume hydraulic fracturing in the area. The EPA and various universities continue to monitor water quality.

Springville is an unincorporated community in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 29, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south-southwest of Montrose. Springville has a post office with ZIP code 18844, which opened on September 19, 1815.

Springville Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States that was formed during the April Session (of the Court of Quarter Sessions) in 1814. The population was 1,469 at the 2020 census.

Rush Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,134 at the 2020 census. The village of Lawton is in the township.

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

Susquehanna County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,434 Its county seat is Montrose. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from part of Luzerne County and later organized in 1812. It is named for the Susquehanna River. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

Oxbow Inlet is a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and flows through Lemon Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 1.79 square miles (4.6 km2). The stream is classified as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. The surficial geology in the vicinity of its lower reaches mostly consists of alluvium and Wisconsinan Till, but there are patches of alluvial fan and bedrock nearby as well.

Elk Lake School District is a small, rural, K-12 public school district with its only building located on State Route 3019 in Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. (Since the end of rural delivery from the Dimock post office, the school district has had a mailing address of nearby Springville.) It covers Auburn Township, Middletown Township, Rush Township, Dimock Township, and Springville Township in Susquehanna County, along with Meshoppen Borough and Meshoppen Township in Wyoming County. The Elk Lake School District encompasses approximately 197 square miles (510 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, Elk Lake School District serves a resident population of 7,735 people. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,355, while the median family income was $38,385. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In 2006, the district students are 97% white, less than 1% Asian, less than 1% black and 2% Hispanic.Elk Lake School District operates two schools: an elementary school and a junior senior high school. They are both in one building, connected by a natatorium used by both. The district also offers a taxpayer funded Head Start program for preschoolers.

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.

Horton Creek is a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Susquehanna County and Wyoming County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.3 miles (5.3 km) long and flows through Springville Township in Susquehanna County and Lemon Township and Nicholson Township in Wyoming County. The watershed of the creek has an area of 3.60 square miles (9.3 km2). The creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The surficial geology in its vicinity mainly consists of alluvium, Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, alluvial terrace, and wetlands.

Franklin Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 833 at the 2020 census. Salt Springs State Park, a Pennsylvania state park, is in Franklin Township.