Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Redirect|Wapwallopen|other uses|Wapwallopen (disambiguation)}}

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| subdivision_name2 = Luzerne

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| subdivision_name3 = Conyngham

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Wapwallopen is an unincorporated community in Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

It is named for a Lenni Lenape settlement that was established where Big Wapwallopen Creek feeds into the Susquehanna River. The name derives from Lenape òphalahpink 'place of white wild hemp'.{{cite book |title=A History of the Wapwallopen Region |date=1964 |publisher=Wapwallopen Historical Society |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OhrlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22wapwallopen%22&pg=PA18 |access-date=June 3, 2019}}{{cite web |title=òpi |url=http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8007 |website=Lenape Talking Dictionary |access-date=June 3, 2019}}{{cite web |title=halahpis |url=http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1255 |website=Lenape Talking Dictionary |access-date=June 3, 2019}}

Pennsylvania Route 239 passes through the settlement.

File:Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen.JPG|Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen