Wampum is a borough in southern Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States.

34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The district also included students from nearby Chewton and, after 1954, New Beaver.

Due to a dispute with the former Big Beaver Township School District that had an informal union with Wampum Public Schools but never fully merged with Wampum, children in New Beaver have attended Big Beaver's successor Mohawk Area School District since Ellwood City absorbed Wampum Public Schools.

The Wampum Indians won the sectional title 16 times, three state championships (1955, 1959, 1960) and a record setting 82 consecutive games[11] between 1953-1959.

The town was mentioned in the 1986 film Platoon by Chris Taylor, a character played by Charlie Sheen.