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Luzerne County is a county in northeastern Pennsylvania , with a total population of 320,918 . It is located in the northern Anthracite area called " The Coal Region " . Its county seat is Wilkes-Barre . It is part of the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Luzerne County saw the largest increase in Hispanics of any county in the United States with 10,000 or more Hispanic as of the 2010 census. The county's Hispanic population grew by over 440% from 2000 to 2010 .
The Luzerne County Historical Society maintains the storehouse for the collective memory of Luzerne County and its environs. It records and interprets the history, traditions, events, people and cultures that have directed and molded life within the region. 18th century Battle of Wyoming in 1778 1769: The Pennamite-Yankee War began when settlers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania fought over land claims along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River in the present Wyoming Valley . July 3, 1778: A force of British and Tories led by John Butler, with the assistance of about 700 Indians , attacked and killed nearly 300 Wyoming Valley settlers . Today in Wyoming, PA a monument marks the grave site of the victims from the Battle of Wyoming . September 11, 1780: Reports of Tory activity in the region caused Captain Daniel Klader and a platoon of 40 to 50 men from Northampton County, Pennsylvania to investigate. Captain Klader's men made it as far north as present-day Conyngham , when they were ambushed by the Seneca nation and by the Tories. 18 of Klader's men were killed in what is known as the Sugarloaf Massacre. September 25, 1786: Luzerne County was formed from part of Northumberland County . 19th century Mine workers began their protest march near Harwood and many were eventually killed by the Luzerne County sheriff in Lattimer in 1897.