Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Nuangola, PA

Nuangola is a small borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, that was incorporated in 1908.

The borough grew up as a summer resort in the early 20th century, built around Nuangola Lake, the heart-shaped lake at its center.

The name Nuangola is probably of Algonquian origin; local legend tells of a Native American maiden named Nuangola who drowned in the lake, and the name has also been translated as 'Three-Cornered Lake' or 'Triangular Lake.'

Nuangola had 666 residents in the 2020 census, up from just 124 people counted in 1910, two years after the borough was incorporated.

In the 2000 census, Nuangola counted 671 people living in 259 households, with 370 housing units in the borough.

Nuangola covers about 1.34 square miles in total, of which roughly 0.16 square miles is water.

Nuangola was home to the Grove Theatre, a popular summer-stock playhouse from the 1930s through the 1950s where Kirk Douglas, Joseph Cotten and Jean Kerr performed early in their careers; the theatre sat closed for decades before reopening in 2006.

Nuangola's population swells in the summer, when retirees and second-home owners arrive at the lake.

Nuangola is part of the Crestwood School District, and Interstate 81 passes just east of the borough, linking it to Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton.