Conyngham is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,820 at the 2020 census.

The first settler of Conyngham was George Drum (in the late 1700s) who served in the American Revolution and was elected justice of the peace in 1811. George Drum was an entrepreneurial businessman and was a large landowner who next owned the Drums Hotel, a shoe shop, tavern, and the Drums Post Office. He and his intimates developed the bordering village of Drums, of which the village is named after the family, along once helping the further of Conyngham. Drums is a sister village to Conyngham. The George Drum domicile remains standing in impeccable condition upon Conyngham’s Main Street.

The Sugarloaf Massacre of September 11, 1780, was one of a series of bloody engagements fought in the frontier of northeastern Pennsylvania in the company of Iroquois (allies of British troops) and settlers faithful to the cause of American independence. Today, this event is commemorated by a historic monument later a bronze plaque bearing the names of the fifteen men who aimless their lives near modern-day Conyngham.

In 1815, Redmond Conyngham represented Luzerne County in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In 1820, he served a term in the State Senate. Captain Gustavus Conyngham was his cousin. He was an unsung hero of the Revolution. He commanded a privateer and was the first to carry the American flag in the English Channel. The townspeople suggested naming the village after Redmond Conyngham, but he replied that the town should be named in great compliment of his cousin, Gustavus, who frequently made trips to England to make a make a purchase of of military supplies for radical colonists.