WayfarrowFoundryville
Ghost town · Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Foundryville is a ghost town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is one of 2 former communities in Luzerne County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Foundryville as a historical populated place on the Hazleton topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.9918° N, 75.8821° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Hazleton |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,602 ft |
| Nearest living town | Jeddo, PA |
| Distance to it | 0.7 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1202236 |
| Coordinates | 40.99175, -75.88214 |
What's there now
Foundryville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jeddo, PA (population 148), about 0.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,602 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Hickory Runghost town · Carbon County · 7.9 mi
- Little Gap Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Carbon County · 21.8 mi
- Bittenbender Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Luzerne County · 22.1 mi
- Fowlersville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Columbia County · 23.7 mi
- Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122covered bridge · Columbia County · 25.3 mi
- Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121covered bridge · Columbia County · 26 mi
- Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120covered bridge · Columbia County · 26 mi
- Schlicher Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lehigh County · 26.4 mi
- Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19covered bridge · Columbia County · 26.6 mi
- Centraliaghost town · Columbia County · 27.3 mi
- Barbertownghost town · Lackawanna County · 27.3 mi
- Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134covered bridge · Columbia County · 27.3 mi
Questions
Where is Foundryville?
Foundryville is in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, at 40.9918, -75.8821.
How many ghost towns are in Luzerne County?
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.