Swoyersville

borough in northeastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

Administrative Area Borough Of Pennsylvania Q1183317

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of: borough of Pennsylvania
Inception: 1888^[12]
Official website: www.swoyersvillepa.com^[15]
Official name: Swoyersville

Location

Country: United States^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 41.295°, -75.877°, 🗺️ 41.292°, -75.875°^[13]^[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Luzerne County^[2]
Shares border with: Kingston Township, West Wyoming, Forty Fort, Luzerne^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Population and size

Area: 2.13, 5.503006
Elevation above sea level: 560.0
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 560 ft GeoNames 169 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Population: 5.0k (5.0k–5.2k, n=4)^[16]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 5,157 · 5,062 · 5,052 · 5,021 GeoNames 4,984 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code: 570^[11]
Located in time zone: UTC−04:00, Eastern Time Zone^[9]^[10]

More facts +8

Website: www.swoyersvillepa.com
Located in: Luzerne County
Basic form of government: district council^[8]
Coordinates: 🗺️ 41.295°, -75.877°, 🗺️ 41.292°, -75.875°
Number of households: 2445.0
Per capita income: 32580.0
Water area: 0.0
Water as percent of area: 0.0

🏷️ Also known as

en Swoyerville en Swoyersville en Swoyersville, PA en Swoyersville, Pennsylvania ar سوويرسفيل es Swoyersville (Pensilvania) ja スウォイヤーズヴィル ja スウォイヤーズビル uk Своєрсвілл

🔖 Identifiers · 11

VIAF cluster ID: 144277635
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82235363
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US): 42-75832
Freebase ID: /m/0_4g_
GNIS Feature ID: 1215410, 1189203
GeoNames ID: 5215076
J9U entity ID: 987007557425105171
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 187984
WOEID: 2503220
Who's on First ID: 101716981
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqK967kjvkx3gwTQrHQv3

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 4

Forty Fort, West Wyoming, Luzerne, Kingston Township

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Forty Fort, West Wyoming, Luzerne, Kingston Township

Located in time zone 2

UTC−04:00, Eastern Time Zone

People born here 2

Walt Michaels, Joe Holup

Country 1

United States

Instance of 1

borough of Pennsylvania

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Luzerne County

← FactGrid item ID 1

Ferdinand Lassalle

← Place of burial 1

Russell Bufalino

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Summary

Swoyersville is a borough of Pennsylvania^[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 2.13 square mile^[17] and 5.503006 km²^[18]. Swoyersville's elevation above sea level is recorded as 560 feet^[19]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5157'}^[16], {'amount': '+5062'}^[20], {'amount': '+5052'}^[21], and {'amount': '+5021'}^[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Swoyersville — country (P17): United States. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Swoyersville — shares border with (P47): Kingston Township. State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Swoyersville — shares border with (P47): West Wyoming. State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Swoyersville — shares border with (P47): Forty Fort. State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Swoyersville — shares border with (P47): Luzerne. State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Swoyersville — basic form of government (P122): district council. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Swoyersville — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Luzerne County. State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Swoyersville — located in time zone (P421): UTC−04:00. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Swoyersville — located in time zone (P421): Eastern Time Zone. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Swoyersville — local dialing code (P473): 570. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Swoyersville — inception (P571): 1888. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Swoyersville — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 41.2947, 'lon': -75.8767}. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Swoyersville — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 41.29175, 'lon': -75.87464}. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Swoyersville — official website (P856): http://www.swoyersvillepa.com/. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Swoyersville — population (P1082): {'amount': '+5157'}. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Swoyersville — population (P1082): {'amount': '+5062'}. 2010 United States Census. Retrieved 2020-07-09. data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Swoyersville — population (P1082): {'amount': '+5052'}. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Swoyersville — population (P1082): {'amount': '+5021'}. 2020 United States Census. Retrieved 2022-01-01. data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Swoyersville — elevation above sea level (P2044): 560 feet. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Swoyersville — area (P2046): 2.13 square mile. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Swoyersville — area (P2046): 5.503006 km². Retrieved 2020-07-09. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Swoyersville is an instance of borough of Pennsylvania (Q777120) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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