{"id":7318,"date":"2023-08-29T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T11:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:49","slug":"sullivan-county-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sullivan-county-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan County, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sullivan County is a county in Pennsylvania, United States, in the state’s Endless Mountains region, roughly 40 miles north of Williamsport. It had a population of 5,840 at the 2020 census and covers 452 square miles (1,170 km2) centred near 41°27′N 76°31′W, making it the second-least populous county in the state.<\/p>\n

Laporte is the county seat and its postal code is 18626. The county has 4 boroughs, 9 townships, and about three dozen smaller unincorporated communities, runs on Eastern time, and carries FIPS code 42113.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Sullivan County<\/h2>\n

Sullivan County has no cities in the legal sense — its largest places are boroughs, and most named communities on the map are unincorporated hamlets inside one of the county’s nine townships. The table below marks incorporated boroughs as “Town,” with Laporte flagged as the seat, and everything else as “Unincorp.” 2020 census counts are only published at the county and township level here, so individual place populations are shown as — where the Census Bureau does not break them out separately.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Laporte<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nLaporte Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18626<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dushore<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nCherry Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18614<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forksville<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nForks Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18616<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eagles Mere<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nShrewsbury Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n17731<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beech Glen<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bernice<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nColley Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethel<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbellville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canyon Vista<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cherry Mills<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCherry Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nColley Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coveytown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crestmont<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eagles Mere Park<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nShrewsbury Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eldredsville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nColley Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emmons<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estella<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foley Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hillsgrove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nHillsgrove Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hoagland Vista<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln Falls<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Brook<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lopez<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nColley Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple Summit<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCarroll Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mildred<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nColley Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millview<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muncy Valley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nDavidson Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n17758<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murray<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nordmont<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ogdonia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piatt<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plunkett<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ringdale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Satterfield<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shinerville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shunk<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nElkland Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n17768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sonestown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nDavidson Township<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorndale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wheelerville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wissingers<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wrights View<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Lopez straddles the Sullivan–Luzerne county line; the section of the community that carries the 18628 ZIP and appears in the table above sits on the Sullivan County side, in Colley Township.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Sullivan County’s nine townships are lightly populated and mostly rural; the Census Bureau’s most recent published township-level counts are from 2010, shown below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2010 census)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Cherry Township<\/td>\n1,705<\/td>\nDushore, Cherry Mills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colley Township<\/td>\n694<\/td>\nColley, Lopez, Mildred, Bernice, Eldredsville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elkland Township<\/td>\n577<\/td>\nShunk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davidson Township<\/td>\n573<\/td>\nSonestown, Muncy Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laporte Township<\/td>\n349<\/td>\nLaporte (seat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forks Township<\/td>\n377<\/td>\nForksville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fox Township<\/td>\n358<\/td>\nrural, no borough<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shrewsbury Township<\/td>\n319<\/td>\nEagles Mere, Eagles Mere Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hillsgrove Township<\/td>\n287<\/td>\nHillsgrove<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n