Back Meshoppen Township, Pennsylvania Welsh Municipio de Meshoppen Spanish Мішоппен Тауншип (округ Вайомінг, Пенсільванія) Ukrainian Xã Meshoppen, Quận Wyoming, Pennsylvania Vietnamese
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.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°37′00″N 76°04′59″W / 41.61667°N 76.08306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Wyoming |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.11 sq mi (41.71 km2) |
| • Land | 15.71 sq mi (40.69 km2) |
| • Water | 0.39 sq mi (1.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 994 ft (303 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 935  |
| • Estimate (2021)[2] | 932 |
| • Density | 64.92/sq mi (25.07/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-131-48864 |
Meshoppen Township is a township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 935 at the 2020 census.[2]
The township takes its name from Meshoppen Creek, a Native American name purported to mean "glass beads".[3]
- ^ "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 5, 2022.
- ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
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