Dunmore One-Place Study

Prior to the start of mining, Dunmore was a handful of homes in a section of Providence Township, Luzerne County, in northeastern Pennsylvania. The first mine opened in 1847, at which point the owners made a concerted effort to attract Irish and other miners. In the 1860 census, township people who used the Dunmore post office were identifiable. It became a borough in 1866, and is found as an entity in the 1870 census through today.