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Starlight, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°54′18″N 75°19′52″W / 41.90500°N 75.33111°W / 41.90500; -75.33111
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Starlight, Pennsylvania
Village
Village of Starlight
Old but well-refurbished yellow building with black tiling and siding. A sign on the side of the building facing the camera reads "BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING." There is a small post with a map of Wayne County, Pennsylvania attached to it on the same side of the building.
The former Starlight Station in Starlight, which is now the Buckingham Township Municipal Building. It is also a U.S. National Historic Place.
Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Starlight, Pennsylvania."
Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Starlight, Pennsylvania."
Starlight, Pennsylvania
Starlight's Location within Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 41°54′18″N 75°19′52″W / 41.90500°N 75.33111°W / 41.90500; -75.33111
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
U.S. Congressional DistrictPA-10
School DistrictWayne Highlands
Region I
CountyWayne
Magisterial District22-3-04[1]
TownshipBuckingham
Named forStarlight Lake
Elevation
1,352 ft (412 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP code
18461
Area code570
GNIS feature ID1188417[2]
FIPS code42-127-09824[3]-73744[2]
Major Roads
WaterwaysShehawken Creek, Starlight Lake

Starlight is a village that is located in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Crosstown Highway, which is entirely concurrent with Pennsylvania Route 370 (PA-370), is generally thought to be the southern edge of the village.

History

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This village was once a depot of the Scranton Division of the New York, Ontario & Western (O&W) Railway, but is largely known today for being home to the Inn at Starlight Lake & Restaurant,[4] which has been open since 1909.[5]

Municipal status and boundaries

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Four signs on a green, metal pole against a background of greenery. The first, which is white with a blue border and lettering, reads, "VILLAGE OF/STARLIGHT." The second and third, which are both green with a white border and lettering, read, "BUCKINGHAM/TOWNSHIP," and "PERMITS/REQUIRED," respectively. The fourth, which is white with no border and black lettering, reads, "SR 370/220."
An image of Starlight's PennDOT sign, looking northeast along Crosstown Highway. The sign for Buckingham Township is also visible.

A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) sign on Crosstown Highway identifies the community as the "Village of Starlight."

In Pennsylvania, a village is an unincorporated community within a township, but PennDOT identifies most villages with roadside signs, a fact that might reasonably lead those unfamiliar with this practice to believe that these communities are incorporated municipalities administered separately from the townships in which they are located. Since Pennsylvania's villages, including Starlight, are, in fact, not municipalities in their own right, they do not have official boundaries, and the United States Census Bureau does not collect statistics for them (unless, unlike Starlight, they are census-designated places). In spite of this, because of strong local consensus, as well as the fact that many features are named for the villages they are associated with, it is almost always impossible to consistently determine whether a particular feature is in one village or another.

Natural features

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Shehawken Creek[6] (once called Chehocton Creek[7]) and Starlight Lake[8] are located in Starlight. The latter is the source of the former.

References

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  1. ^ "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Starlight". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1979. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  3. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Buckingham Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved January 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[dead link]
  4. ^ "The Inn at Starlight Lake & Restaurant". The Inn at Starlight Lake & Restaurant. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "History of the Inn". The Inn at Starlight Lake & Restaurant. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Shehawken Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1897. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  7. ^ White, Israel Charles; Dolph, John M. (1881). The Geology of Susquehanna County and Wayne County (Report). Vol. 23. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. p. 162. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  8. ^ "Starlight Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1979. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
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