Georgetown Pennsylvania Map

About Georgetown, Pennsylvania

Georgetown is a locality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,058. The population density is 100.2 people per km². Georgetown is located at 39.9418°N, 76.0811°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15043, 17340, 18064.

Georgetown occupies a quiet intersection of the Pennsylvania landscape where the earth rises in disciplined, weathered ridges. It lies 1.4 miles south-southeast of Wilkes Barre, PA (from Wilkes Barre, PA: bearing 153°T), and is situated 1.4 miles south-southeast of Wilkes-Barre. Spring Run cuts a persistent, narrow path through the topography, its movement providing a steady, rhythmic pulse to the local environment as it flows toward the broader contours of the Wyoming Valley. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pocono Mountains defines the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand remains defined by dense woodland and the reflective surface of Pine Run Reservoir, which sits only two miles from the center of activity. The light here tends to hold a pale, filtered quality in the early morning, catching on the damp minerals of the soil and the persistent green of the undergrowth before the day fully asserts itself.

Georgetown serves as a quiet anchor for those who move along the D&L Trail, a corridor that traces the legacy of earlier industrial transit across the region. The economy remains tethered to the patterns of the interior, where the echoes of past mineral extraction have given way to a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Residents find a particular resonance in the proximity of Whirlpool Canyon Falls, where the sudden descent of water provides a sharp, auditory contrast to the otherwise muted hum of the surrounding hills. In the daily commerce of the streets, one observes a preference for the local and the familiar, a trait that lends Georgetown a sense of endurance that persists long after the more boisterous industries of the state have relocated their ambitions.

About This Georgetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Georgetown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.9418, -76.08115. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Georgetown includes the ZIP code (15043, 17340, 18064), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), and school district assignment (Solanco School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.