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Scranton
city in and county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Details
- Located in
- Lackawanna County
- Country
- United States
- Capital of
- Lackawanna County
- Population
- 76089, 76089, 76328
- Area
- 66.142853, 66.142871
- Elevation
- 227 m
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Scranton, Pennsylvania
- date of incorporation
- 14 February 1856
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- head of government
- Paige Gebhardt Cognetti
- local dialing code
- 570, 272
- located in or next to body of water
- Lackawanna River, Lake Scranton
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Wyoming Valley
- named after
- George W. Scranton
- native label
- Scranton
- number of households
- 31363
- office held by the head of government
- Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania
- official name
- Scranton
- partially coincident with
- McDade Park
- per capita income
- 23951
- postal code
- 18501, 18502, 18503, 18504, 18505, 18508, 18509, 18510, 18512, 18515, 18519, 18540
- shares border with
- Dunmore, Taylor, Moosic, Roaring Brook Township, Throop, Dickson City, South Abington Township, Ransom Township, Newton Township, Spring Brook Township
- territory overlaps
- Scranton urban area
- topic's main category
- Category:Scranton, Pennsylvania
- twinned administrative body
- Ballina, Balakovo, Guardia Lombardi, Trnava, Perugia, Caronia, San Marino, Sulaymaniyah
- water area
- 0.592027
- water as percent of area
- 0.8951
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