Lackawanna County

Lackawanna County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Scranton
Foundation :	August 13, 1878
Made up from:	Lucerne County
Demographics
Residents :	209,330  (2007)
Population density :	176.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1203 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map
Website : www.lackawannacounty.org

Lackawanna County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . In 2007 the county had 209,330 residents and a population density of 176 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Scranton .

history

Steamtown National Historic Site (2010)

The county was formed on August 21, 1878. The background of the naming is not fully clarified, it probably comes from the Delawarian term lechauhanne , which means "bifurcating river".

There is a National Historic Site in the county , the Steamtown National Historic Site . One place has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Terence V. Powderly House . 32 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 18, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of ​​1,203 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water.

Cities and towns

Map of Lackawanna County

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	193.831		-
1910	259,570		33.9%
1920	286.311		10.3%
1930	310.397		8.4%
1940	301,243		-2.9%
1950	257.396		-14.6%
1960	234,531		-8.9%
1970	234.107		-0.2%
1980	227.908		-2.6%
1990	219.039		-3.9%
2000	213.296		-2.6%
1900-1990 2000

Abington Township Archbald Benton Township Blakely Carbondale Township Carbondale Clarks Green Clarks Summit Clifton Township Covington Township Dalton Dickson City Dunmore Elmhurst Township Fell Township	Glenburn Township Glenburn Greenfield Township Jefferson Township Jermyn Jessup La Plume Township Madison Township Mayfield Moosic Moscow Mount Cobb Newton Township North Abington Township Old Forge	Olyphant Ransom township Roaring Brook Township Scott Township Scranton South Abington Township Spring Brook Township Taylor Thornhurst Township Throop Vandling West Abington Township

Web links

Commons : Lackawanna County  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lackawanna County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ http://www.census.gov/ The population numbers are only estimated according to the United States Census Bureau . They are not based on a count.
3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 167 .
4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 18, 2018.
5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 18, 2018.
6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Coordinates: 41 ° 26 ′  N , 75 ° 37 ′  W