Tunkhannock in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

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Tunkhannock

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015

1. Tunkhannock Marker

Inscription. The name of a Delaware Indian village located at the mouth of the creek in the mid-18th century. Visited by Cammerhof in 1749. Hays and Tatemy found it deserted in 1758. The name means "small stream."

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historic Commission and the Bradford County Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1749.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 41° 32.216′ N, 75° 56.882′ W. Marker was in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, in Wyoming County. It was at the intersection of Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) and Bridge Street on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6). Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Tunkhannock PA 18657, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It was also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Sullivan's March (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 (about 600 feet away); Discover Tunkhannock (about 600 feet away);

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Wyoming County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Freedom Tree (approx. ¼ mile away); Walter B. Tewksbury (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tunkhannock.

More about this marker. Marker is missing, only the post remains.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015

2. Tunkhannock Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 19, 2025

3. Tunkhannock Marker

Only the post remains

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 863 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. submitted on September 28, 2025, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.