Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County | |
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Lackawanna County Courthouse in Scranton in August 2009 | |
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania | |
Pennsylvania's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 41°26′N 75°37′W / 41.44°N 75.61°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Founded | August 13, 1878 |
| Named after | Lackawanna River |
| Seat | Scranton |
| Largest city | Scranton |
| Area | |
• Total | 465 sq mi (1,200 km2) |
| • Land | 459 sq mi (1,190 km2) |
| • Water | 5.8 sq mi (15 km2) 1.3% |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2020) | 215,896 |
| • Density | 459/sq mi (177/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 8th |
| Website | www |
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.
Lackawanna County is the second largest county in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan statistical area. It lies northwest of the Pocono Mountains approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the New Jersey border in Montague Township, and approximately 25 miles (40 km) from New York state in Kirkwood. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Lackawanna County.