Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

41°04′28″N 76°7′51″W / 41.07444°N 76.13083°W / 41.07444; -76.13083CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyLuzerneTownshipConynghamElevation

541 ft (165 m)Time zoneEastern (EST) • Summer (DST)EDTZIP code

18660

Area code570GNIS feature ID1193606^[1]

Wapwallopen is an unincorporated community in Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

It is named for a Lenni Lenape settlement that was established where Big Wapwallopen Creek feeds into the Susquehanna River. The name derives from Lenape òphalahpink 'place of white wild hemp'.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pennsylvania Route 239 passes through the settlement.

Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wapwallopen
^ A History of the Wapwallopen Region. Wapwallopen Historical Society. 1964. p. 18. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
^ "òpi". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
^ "halahpis". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 3, 2019.