Scranton is a second A class city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 at the 2020 census, Scranton is the sixth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is part of the Wyoming Valley metropolitan area, which includes five cities and more than 40 boroughs forming a contiguous urban corridor with an estimated 574,000 residents. It is located 56 miles (90 km) north of Allentown, 104 miles (167 km) north-northwest of Philadelphia, and 99 miles (159 km) west-northwest of New York City.
Mid-Atlantic
Scranton
Lackawanna County, PA
Population
76,119
Walk Score
93 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$933
Median home value
$125,700
[[Municipal corporation
1856
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Yard-Dickson Manufacturing Co. Site · listed 1990
- Lackawanna Avenue Commercial Historic District · listed 1983
- Lackawanna Mills and Scranton Button Historic District · listed 2017
Notable landmarks
- Ad-Lin Building · listed 1987
- Albright Memorial Building · listed 1978
- Cassese, Joseph, House · listed 1997
- Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station · listed 1979
- Century Club of Scranton · listed 1996
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station · listed 1977
- Dickson Works (Additional Documentation) · listed 1979
- Dickson Works (Boundary Increase) · listed 2024
- Dime Bank Building · listed 1978
- Finch Building · listed 1976
- First Church of Christ, Scientist · listed 1988
- Florence Apartments · listed 1984
- Grand Army of the Republic Building · listed 1984
- Harrison Avenue Bridge · listed 1988
- Lackawanna County Courthouse and John Mitchell Monument · listed 1997
- Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company Furnace · listed 1991
- Madison, James, School · listed 2009
- Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral · listed 1997
- Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340 · listed 1981
- North Scranton Junior High School · listed 1999
- Powderly, Terence V., House · listed 1966
- Scranton Armory · listed 1989
- Scranton Chamber of Commerce Building · listed 2011
- Scranton Electric Building · listed 2023
- Scranton Lace Company · listed 2012
- …and 8 more
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