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Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Jenkins Township
is a township within the
Greater Pittston
area of
Luzerne County
,
Pennsylvania
,
United States
. The population was 4,442 at the 2010 census. The township is adjacent to the small city of
Pittston
. It was the site of the infamous 1959
Knox Mine Disaster
, which led to a complete abandonment of the deep
coal mining
industry in
northeastern Pennsylvania
, which had been the area's economic basis.
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