Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1878
Parent county: Luzerne

Namesake: The Lackawanna River
Seat: Scranton (1878–)

Land area: 459 square miles

Population (2020): 215,896

Population (historic): 89,269 (1880); 193,831 (1900); 310,397 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 2000–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; 17 boroughs; seven CDPs; 21 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 39,079 (39.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,488
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,160
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,698
Average farm size (1920): 37.4 acres
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Scranton

Namesake: George Scranton, Pennsylvania industrialist

Founding: circa 1840 (founding); 1851 (post office); 1856 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 76,328

Population (historic): 2,730 (1850); 35,092 (1870); 75,215 (1890); 129,867 (1910); 143,433 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 19,350 (55.9%)
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