Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania

Main Road in Sweet Valley

Sweet Valley is an unincorporated community in Luzerne County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.^[1]

History

A post office called Sweet Valley has been in operation since 1847.^[2] Josiah Ruggles was the first postmaster, and the community's first merchant.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania
↑ "Luzerne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
↑ Bradsby, Henry C. (1893). History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical Selections. S. B. Nelson. p. 642.

Municipalities and communities of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Wilkes-Barre

Cities	Hazleton Nanticoke Pittston Wilkes-Barre

Boroughs	Ashley Avoca Bear Creek Village Conyngham Courtdale Dallas Dupont Duryea Edwardsville Exeter Forty Fort Freeland Harveys Lake Hughestown Jeddo Kingston Laflin Larksville Laurel Run Luzerne Nescopeck New Columbus Nuangola Penn Lake Park Plymouth Pringle Shickshinny Sugar Notch Swoyersville Warrior Run West Hazleton West Pittston West Wyoming White Haven Wyoming Yatesville

Townships	Bear Creek Black Creek Buck Butler Conyngham Dallas Dennison Dorrance Exeter Fairmount Fairview Foster Franklin Hanover Hazle Hollenback Hunlock Huntington Jackson Jenkins Kingston Lake Lehman Nescopeck Newport Pittston Plains Plymouth Rice Ross Salem Slocum Sugarloaf Union Wilkes-Barre Wright

CDPs	Beech Mountain Lakes Browntown Chase East Berwick Georgetown Glen Lyon Harleigh Hickory Hills Hilldale Hudson Huntington Mills Inkerman Lattimer Mocanaqua Mountain Top Nuremberg‡ Pardeesville Pikes Creek Plains Shavertown Sheatown Silkworth Trucksville Upper Exeter Wanamie West Nanticoke Weston

Unincorporated communities	Alden Back Mountain Breslau Cranberry Drifton Drums Ebervale Glen Summit Springs Harveyville Harwood Humboldt Japan Kis-Lyn Koonsville Korn Krest Kunkle Milnesville Mossville Mountain Grove Old Boston Port Griffith Sandy Run Stockton Suscon Sweet Valley Sybertsville Tomhicken Wapwallopen Waterton Zenith

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°16′56″N 76°08′41″W / 41.28222°N 76.14472°W / 41.28222; -76.14472

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