Nescopeck, PA

Nescopeck sits along the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, with a name tied to Nescopeck Creek and a Native American phrase often rendered as “black, deep, and still water.” The first settlement dates to 1786, and the borough incorporated in 1896. That timeline puts Nescopeck in the older river-town layer of the Wyoming Valley, while the Susquehanna remains the clearest geographic fact. Flooding after Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 showed why the lower parts of town have always been linked to the river’s edge. The Berwick Area School District serves the borough, and nearby Nescopeck State Park adds a separate natural-history thread to the local picture.