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Are you familiar with how and when our township was formed? I am taking the opportunity to brief my township readers on some facts on how Wilkes-Barre Twp. got its name and when it was formed. The township was one of the original townships, named in honor of John Wilkes and Isaac Barré, two British Parliament members who supported colonial America and fought for our freedom while they served in the British Parliament. The township was formed in 1774 when it stretched from the Susquehanna River to the Lehigh River and included present day Wilkes-Barre City, Laurel Run Borough, Bear Creek Twp. and Buck Twp. In 1849, Moses Tammany departed from Ireland and upon his arrival in our area, he acquired most of the land that is now Wilkes-Barre Twp. for $12,000. Coal companies purchased many parcels of this land that contained the finest and purest anthracite coal deposits in the world.

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