Trucksville, Pennsylvania

Trucksville, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Trucksville, Pennsylvania Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°18′14″N 75°55′55″W / 41.30389°N 75.93194°W / 41.30389; -75.93194Coordinates: 41°18′14″N 75°55′55″W / 41.30389°N 75.93194°W / 41.30389; -75.93194
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Township	Kingston Township
Area
• Total	1.7 sq mi (4.5 km²)
• Land	1.7 sq mi (4.5 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,152
• Density	1,200/sq mi (480/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	18708
Area code(s)	570

Trucksville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,152 at the 2010 census.^[1]

Geography

Trucksville is located at 41°18′14″N 75°55′55″W / 41.30389°N 75.93194°W / 41.30389; -75.93194,^[2] along Pennsylvania Route 309 in the western part of Kingston Township. It is directly south of the CDP of Shavertown and 3 miles (5 km) north of the borough of Kingston. It is served by the Shavertown post office with the zip code of 18708.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²), all of it land.^[3]

The village is the site of the Lands at Hillside Farms, a popular small dairy store planned to expand into a major U.S. attraction the likes of Williamsburg, Virginia. The town has a volunteer fire department, a Methodist church, and a popular three-decade-old pizza place. Trucksville is named for the town's founder, William Trucks (Trux), who operated a sawmill in the 19th century.

References

↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Trucksville CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Trucksville CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved April 30, 2012.

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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

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