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Plains Township

township in eastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Place Township of Pennsylvania Q7200735
Plains Township
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Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
township of Pennsylvania
Inception
1762[12]
Official name
Plains Township[15]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.267°, -75.741°, 🗺️ 41.267°, -75.741°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Luzerne County[1]
Shares border with
Laflin, Forty Fort, Laurel Run, Wyoming, Kingston, Bear Creek Township, Jenkins Township, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre Township[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Population and size

Area
+13.16[17]
Population
+9808, +9961[13][14]
More facts +2
Number of households
+4423[16]
Per capita income
+33396[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Plains Township en Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania es Municipio de Plains es Plains ja プレーンズ・タウンシップ ja プレインズ・タウンシップ uk Плейнс Тауншип vi Xã Plains vi Xã Plains, Quận Luzerne, Pennsylvania zh 普萊恩斯鎮
🔖 Identifiers · 5
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
4261120
Freebase ID
/m/0_4c6
GNIS Feature ID
1216728
GeoNames ID
5206425
OpenStreetMap relation ID
9095119
📚 Sources · 1
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Elevation above sea levelP2044
207 m 2026-09-26 A/ADM3 · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 6
Kingston, Wyoming, Forty Fort, Laflin, Laurel Run, Bear Creek Township
← Shares border with 6
Kingston, Wyoming, Forty Fort, Laflin, Laurel Run, Bear Creek Township
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Luzerne County
People born here 1
James Murray Spangler
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Gt59514 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → 4,423
    Coordinate location → 41.267°, -75.741°
    Country → United States
    Area → 13.16 square mile
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Shares border with: Pittston Township"
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