Location: Scranton
Pennsylvania (PA), United States
Country: United States of America
State: Pennsylvania
County: Lackawanna
Region: Greater Scranton
Incorporated (borough): February 14, 1856
Incorporated (city): April 23, 1866
Government• Mayor: Bill Courtright (D)
Area• City: 25.54 sq mi (66.14 km)
• Land: 25.31 sq mi (65.55 km)
• Water: 0.23 sq mi (0.59 km)
• Metro: 1,777 sq mi (4,602 km)
Elevation: 745 ft (227 m)
Population (2010)• City: 76,089
• Estimate (2016): 77,291 1.6%
• Density: 3,053.89/sq mi (1,179.10/km)
• Urban: 381,502 (US:99th)
• Metro: 562,037 (US:95th)
Demonym(s): Scrantonian
Time zone: EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST): EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP Codes: 18447, 18501-18505, 18507-18510, 18512, 18514-18515, 18517-18519, 18522, 18540, 18577
Area code(s): 570 and 272
FIPS code: 42-69000
Primary Airport: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport- AVP (Major/International)
Secondary Airport: Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport- WBW (Minor)
Website: www.scrantonpa.gov
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July 12, 2021 Layne Dawes
Scranton, at the center of the Lackawanna River Valley and nestled between the Pocono and Endless Mountains, is surrounded by nature. Just ten miles from the city is Lackawanna State Park, where visitors are welcome to sail or ice skate across the 198-acre Lackawanna Lake. But there's no need to leave the city to enjoy the great outdoors. Nay Aug Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and includes a zoo, a museum, two Olympic sized swimming pools and a great gorge topped with a treehouse.
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1. Albright Memorial Library
2. Lackawanna Historical Society
232 Monroe Ave, Scranton, PA 18510-2198 http://www.visitnepa.org/listing/lackawanna-historical-society/198/
3. Lackawanna County Children's Library
520 Vine St, Scranton, PA 18509-3205 http://lclshome.org/b/lackawanna-county-childrens-library/
4. Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library
1032 Green Ridge St, Scranton, PA 18509-1929 http://lclshome.org/b/nancy-kay-holmes-branch-library/
5. Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau
135 Jefferson Ave, Scranton, PA 18503-1717 +1 570-496-1701 [email protected] https://www.visitnepa.org/
