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Lackawanna County was created on August 13, 1878 from part of Luzerne County making it the last new county to be created in the state. It was named for the Lackawanna River. Its county seat is Scranton.

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This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.

Lackawanna County Data Online

Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past

Boroughs and Census Designated Places
Aberdeen Archbald Austin Heights Belian Village Birchwood Estates
Blakely Bloomington Brookhurst Estates Bush Patch Carbondale
Carpenter Town Childs Chinchilla Clarks Green Clarks Summit
Clifton Cortez Craig Crestwood Daleville
Dalton Dawn Acres Dickson City Drinker Dunmore
East Benton East Jermyn Edella Elmbrook Terrace Elmdale
Elmhurst Eynon Fells Corners Fleetville Freytown
Glenburn Grassy Island Green Grove Green Ridge Greenwood
Harmony Hills Hillside Junction Hollisters Humphreysville Hyde Park
Jermyn Jessup Jubilee Justus Keyser Valley
La Plume Lawrenceville Lehigh Madisonville Maple Lake
Marshbrook Marshwood Mayfield Milwaukee Minooka
Montdale Moosic Moscow Mount Cobb Nay Aug
Nebraska Newton Center Oak Hill Old Forge Olwen Heights
Olyphant Peckville Powell Providence Quicktown
Quinlan Corners Ransom Red Oak Richmondale Riverside
Rockdale Saco Schultzville Scott Scranton
Shaffers Corners Simpson Spencers Corners Spike Island Spring Brook
Spring Brook Starks Stephen Heights Sturges Taylor
Thornhurst Throop Tompkinsville Tooley Corners Turnersville
Vandling Walls Corners Wallsville Warsaw Waverly
Whites Crossing Wimmers Winton Yostville

Townships
Abington Township Benton Township Carbondale Township Clifton Township Covington Township
Elmhurst Township Fell Township Glenburn Township Greenfield Township Jefferson Township
La Plume Township Madison Township Newton Township North Abington Township Ransom Township
Roaring Brook Township Scott Township South Abington Township Spring Brook Township Thornhurst Township
West Abington Township

Surrounding Counties
Susquehanna County (north) Monroe County (southeast) Wyoming County (west)
Wayne County (east) Luzerne County (southwest)

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