Editing Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[File:PortGriffith2.jpeg|thumb|left|[[Port Griffith, Pennsylvania|Port Griffith]], Jenkins Township]]
[[File:Pittston City.jpg|thumb|An aerial view of [[Greater Pittston]]; Jenkins Township is visible near the middle (left of the Susquehanna River).]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.2|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|35.5|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.7|km2|disp=flip}}, or 2.06%, is water. The township is served by the [[Pittston Area School District]]. It is drained by the [[Susquehanna River]], which separates it from [[Wyoming, Pennsylvania|Wyoming]] and [[Exeter, Pennsylvania|Exeter]]. The Eighth Street Bridge links Jenkins Township to Wyoming. The township's villages include Ewen, [[Inkerman, Pennsylvania|Inkerman]], [[Old Boston, Pennsylvania|Old Boston]], Port Blanchard, [[Port Griffith, Pennsylvania|Port Griffith]], and Sebastopol.

Jenkins Township can be divided into two separate regions (connected by a small strip of land). The northwestern portion of the township borders the Susquehanna River; it is mostly made up of homes and businesses. There is a small strip of land connecting the northwestern portion of the township to the southeastern region of the township. This small strip is less than a quarter of a mile wide and is flanked by the [[Yatesville, Pennsylvania|Borough of Yatesville]] (to the north) and the [[Laflin, Pennsylvania|Borough of Laflin]] (to the south). The southeastern region of Jenkins is the largest by total area. [[Interstate 81 (Pennsylvania)|I-81]], [[Interstate 476 (Pennsylvania)|I-476]], and [[Pennsylvania Route 315|PA 315]] travel through this section of the municipality; there are a few neighborhoods and [[warehouses]] located near these highways. Thick forests make up the very southeastern section of the township.

===Neighboring municipalities===
*[[Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania|Bear Creek Township]] (south)
*[[Plains Township, Pennsylvania|Plains Township]] (southwest)
*[[Laflin, Pennsylvania|Laflin]] (southwest)
*[[Wyoming, Pennsylvania|Wyoming]] (west)
*[[Exeter, Pennsylvania|Exeter]] (northwest)
*[[Pittston, Pennsylvania|Pittston]] (north)
*[[Yatesville, Pennsylvania|Yatesville]] (northeast)
*[[Pittston Township, Pennsylvania|Pittston Township]] (northeast)
*[[Spring Brook Township, Pennsylvania|Spring Brook Township, Lackawanna County]] (east)
*[[Thornhurst Township, Pennsylvania|Thornhurst Township, Lackawanna County]] (southeast)