The Village of Newell's Settlement was founded in 1809 by Silas Newell. It was later renamed to Wyoming in 1829, to be incorporated in 1875 . However, on Revolutionary War muster roll taken for March, April, May, and June 1779, of Lieutenant Colonel William Smith's company, a regiment of foot it states the regiment was mustered in Wyoming . Signed and dated by Nehemiah Wade, D.C.M. on June 30, 1779 .
It was one of the earliest locations where natural gas was developed . While the field was never a large producer, it still provides gas for the village streetlights and some homes to this day. The downtown historic district is known as the "Gaslight Village."
Peaked at 526 in 1960; 377 people lived here in 2020.
14 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Wyoming’s Wikipedia page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Wyoming, 1880–1909
Passages that mention Wyoming, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.1880Read the page →
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at the academy, which was located on Main street near the present residence of Mrs. Elijah Reynolds. Sometimes they are held at the old Forty Fort church, and sometimes in the village of Wyoming, at a small meeting house erected by Jacob Shoemaker on a lot now included in the cemetery at that place. In 1841 the congregation fixed upon a spot on the main road near the northern line of the present borough of Kingston, where they
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A history of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania1909 · page 388Read the page →
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learn that the travelers left Fort Allen in the morning of Saturday, May 10th, and, traveling all day till late, "through a vast desert," lodged at night in the woods. In the evening of Sunday the 11th they reached the village of Wyoming, where they were informed that Teedyuscung had that morning started on his journey; but a runner was immediately sent after him to inform him of the coming of Post and Hays. On Monday the King returned to Wyoming, and, wrote Hays, "we had several conferences." According to the diarist — "Tuesday the 13th we
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A history of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania1909 · page 316Read the page →
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Chapman, in his history of Wyoming, states (page 63) : "In the Summer of 1755 the [Susquehanna] Company having procured the consent of the Colony of Connecticut for the establishment of a settlement * * within the limits of their purchase, sent out a number of persons to Wyoming, accompanied by their surveyors and agents, to commence a settlement. On their arrival they found the Indians in a state of war with the English Colonies, and the news of the defeat of General Braddock having been received at Wyoming produced such an animating effect upon the Nanticoke tribe of Indians that the members of the new colony would probabh' have
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History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.1880 · page 308Read the page →
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Wyoming 'Terra Cotta ]\'orl;s. — These works are located on the north side of the village of Wyoming, beside the track of the D., L. iS; W. railroad, An association was organized in July, 1874, by Nathan Van Horn, who obtained stock to the amount of ,^18,000 and conducted the business till February ist, r876, when he sold out to Thomas Hutchins & Son and Calvin Detrick, who became the sole ovvners. In February, 1878, Mr. Detrick
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![Chapman, in his history of Wyoming, states (page 63) : "In the Summer of 1755 the [Susquehanna] Company having procured the consent of the Colony of Connecticut for the establishment of a settlement * * within the limits of their purchase, sent out a number of persons to Wyoming, accompanied by the…](https://images.townratings.com/story/11415/bk-f139ce7c8e2dc796-l.jpg)
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