Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania

Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Township
	Bear Creek Falls
	Map of Luzerne County highlighting Bear Creek Township
	Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Luzerne County
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Government
• Type	Board of supervisors
Area
• Total	67.95 sq mi (176.00 km2)
• Land	66.47 sq mi (172.17 km2)
• Water	1.48 sq mi (3.83 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,752
• Estimate (2021)	2,752
• Density	41.53/sq mi (16.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	570 & 272
FIPS code	42-079-04592
Website	www.bearcreektownship.org

Bear Creek Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township has a total area of 67.8 square miles (176 km²), making it is the largest municipality (by total area) in Luzerne County. The population was 2,752 at the 2020 census.^[2]

^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

[CenPopGazetteer2016-1] "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.

[USCensusEst2020-2021-2] Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

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