Tunkhannock is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 31 miles northwest of Wilkes-Barre. 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 2010 census, the borough population was 1,836. It is the county seat of Wyoming County. Tunkhannock is in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name Tunkhannock comes 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 Tunkhann...
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