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Newfoundland, Pennsylvania
Newfoundland, Pennsylvania
Village
	Village of Newfoundland
	The historic Ella C. Ehrhardt General Store in Newfoundland.
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	Coordinates: 41°18′26″N 75°17′12″W / 41.30722°N 75.28667°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
U.S. Congressional District	PA-8
School District	Wallenpaupack Area
County	Wayne
Magisterial District	22-3-01
Township	Dreher
Settled	1829
Founded by	Daniel Stroud
Elevation	1,312 ft (400 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP code	18445
Area code	570
GNIS feature ID	1182395
FIPS code	42-127-19864-53552
Major Roads
Waterways	Kresswood Lake, Wallenpaupack Creek (East Branch)

A sign welcoming commuters to Newfoundland and the surrounding areas.

Newfoundland (/njuːˈfaʊndlənd/ new-FOWND-lənd) is a village in Dreher Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is most famously known as host to the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair every Labor Day weekend.^[7]

Newfoundland is also host to an annual fireman's picnic and parade every 4th of July weekend. Promised Land State Park is close to the village.

Geography

Newfoundland is located along the East Branch of the Wallenpaupack Creek, which feeds into Lake Wallenpaupack to the north. It is about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Education

Newfoundland is home to the South Elementary School, which falls under the purview of the Wallenpaupack Area School District. South Elementary currently serves students grades K through 5.

Services

Two emergency services are headquartered in Newfoundland: the Greene-Dreher Volunteer Fire Association^[8] and the Newfoundland Area Ambulance Association.^[9] They both provide coverage for the village and surrounding Dreher Township, in addition to portions of adjoining Lehigh and Sterling Townships in Wayne County, as well as parts of Greene, and Palmyra Townships in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and Coolbaugh Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

Dreher Township's municipal building is located in Newfoundland.

Transportation

Major roads in Newfoundland include PA 507, PA 191, and PA 447. Neighboring villages are Greentown, Pennsylvania; Sterling, Pennsylvania; Tafton, Pennsylvania; and Hamlin, Pennsylvania.

Notable people

Johnny "Onionhead" Eng⁣ — Hong Kong-born triad leader, Eng's estate was confiscated by the FBI
Hyung Jin Moon⁣ — Son of late founder of the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, and South Korean-American pastor and co-founder of local Unification Church sect 'World Peace and Unification Sanctuary'.
Michael Schoeffling — Schoeffling is a retired actor and model who played Jake Ryan in 1984's Sixteen Candles and was in several other classic movies. He currently lives here with his wife and two children, and owns a woodworking shop.

Controversy

On February 28, 2018, the town was host to a commitment ceremony held by World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, where hundreds of worshippers wearing bullet crowns clutching unloaded and zip-tied AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows, prompting a nearby school to cancel classes due to safety concerns.

References

^ "Ella C. Ehrhardt General Store". Wayne County Historical Society. 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
^ "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Dreher Township". Wayne County Historical Society. 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Newfoundland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1979. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Dreher Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved December 13, 2014.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Eustice, Amanda. "Greene Dreher Sterling fair celebrating 105 years". Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ "Greene-Dreher Volunteer Fire Association". Greene-DreherFire.Org. Greene-Dreher Volunteer Fire Association. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ "Newfoundland Area Ambulance". Facebook. Facebook, Inc. October 31, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.