Shavertown, Pennsylvania
| Shavertown, Pennsylvania | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Shavertown, Pennsylvania
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| Coordinates: 41°19′11″N 75°56′16″W / 41.31972°N 75.93778°WCoordinates: 41°19′11″N 75°56′16″W / 41.31972°N 75.93778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Luzerne |
| Township | Kingston Township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| • Land | 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,019 |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (630/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 18708 |
| Area code(s) | 570 |
Shavertown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the city of Wilkes-Barre and 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Scranton. The population of the CDP was 2,019 at the 2010 census.
Shavertown is located in the western corner of Kingston Township at 41°19′11″N 75°56′16″W / 41.31972°N 75.93778°W, along Pennsylvania Route 309. It is directly north of the CDP of Trucksville and directly south of the unincorporated area of Fern Brook in the neighboring Dallas Township. The borough of Dallas is 1 mile (2 km) north along Route 309.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2), all of it land.
Shavertown is named for an early settler, Philip Shaver.
In 1813, Philip purchased the land that would become Shavertown from William Trucks, the namesake of Trucksville. Trucks sold Bedford, lot 3, a 1,400-acre plot to Philip.
In the genealogy and family history of Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys, it was noted that a “cardinal principle with Philip Shaver was that a man was not really running into debt when he bought and owed for real estate at a reasonable price.”
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