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Lackawanna County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 882 inbound references to Lackawanna County, and connects out to African Americans, Pennsylvania and Scranton.
The entry is geolocated on the map in PA.
Vinony files it under 1878 establishments in Pennsylvania, Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- August 13, 1878
- Named after
- Lackawanna River
- Seat
- Scranton
- Largest city
- Scranton
- Total
- 465 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Land
- 459 sq mi (1,190 km )
- Water
- 5.8 sq mi (15 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 216,502
- Density
- 470/sq mi (182/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .lackawannacounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lackawanna River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Contains
- La Plume Township
- Capital
- Scranton
- Population
- 215896
- Area
- 1203
- Shares border with
- Wyoming County
- Official website
- www.lackawannacounty.org
- Image
- Lackawanna County Courthouse 008.jpg
- Households
- 87737
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Lackawanna County
- Commons category
- Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1878-08-13
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- social media followers
- 6279
- per capita income
- 30452
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Encyclopedic overview
Lackawanna County (/ˌlækəˈwɒnə/; Unami: Lèkaohane) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It had a population of 215,615 in 2022. Its county seat and most populous city is Scranton. The county is part of the Northeast region of the commonwealth.
The county was created on August 13, 1878, following decades of trying to gain its independence from Luzerne County. Lackawanna was Pennsylvania's last county to be created, and the only county to be created after the American Civil War. It is named for the Lackawanna River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lackawanna County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.