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Wyalusing
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
ZipCodes
18853
Page Contents for Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
History & History-related items
Statistics & Facts
The Pennsylvania state capital is Harrisburg.
The population of Wyalusing is approximately 686 (1990), 596 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 313 (1990), 274 (2010).
The amount of land area in Wyalusing is 2.071 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.123 sq kilometers.
The distance from Wyalusing to Washington DC is 194 miles.
The distance to the Pennsylvania state capital is 101 miles. (as the crow flies)
Wyalusing is positioned 41.66 degrees north of the equator and 76.26 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Location
in northeastern Pennsylvania near the New York border.Return to Index
History & History Related Items
"Moravian missionaries shortened the difficult-to-pronounce "machiwilusing" around 1792. The name means "home of the ancient warrior." Missionaries sometimes referred to the town as Friedensuetten, meaning "Tents of Peace."
(from Name Origins of Northeast PA Towns by Mike O'Hara)
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