Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hazle Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 9,549 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 45.3 square miles (117.4 km2), of which 45.1 square miles (116.7 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 0.59%, is water. It is drained by tributaries of the Susquehanna River except in the southeast, which drains to the Lehigh River. Its villages include Beaver Brook, Drifton, Ebervale, Green Ridge, Harleigh, Harwood, Hollywood, Humboldt, Japan, Jeanesville, Lattimer, Milnesville, Oakdale, Pardeesville, and Stockton.
Neighboring municipalities
Black Creek Township (west)
Sugarloaf Township (north)
West Hazleton (surrounds)
Hazleton (surrounds)
Butler Township (north)
Foster Township (east)
Jeddo (east)
Banks Township, Carbon County (south)
Kline Township, Schuylkill County (south)
East Union Township, Schuylkill County (southwest)
Demographics