Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna)
1854 - Scranton / Lackawanna

Scranton, formerly Lackawanna, a flourishing post-borough of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, on the left bank of the Lackawanna river, about 7 miles from its mouth, 16 miles N. E. from Wilkesbarre, and 14 miles S. W. from Carbondale. The Lackawanna and Western railroad extends from Scranton to Great Bend, on the New York and Erie rail road, and the Pennsylvania Coal Company's railroad extends eastward about 28 miles, to the Lackawaxen canal. The plank-road from Wilkesbarre to Carbondale passes through Scranton. These improvements, together with the rich mines of coal which are worked in the vicinity, render it a place of active business, and an important depot of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. It contains extensive iron furnaces, foundries, and rolling mills. The population has rapidly in creased for a few years past ; it is composed chiefly of Welsh, Irish, and English. Iron ore is abundant in the vicinity. Roaring creek enters the river about half n mile below Scranton. One paper is published here. Population in 1853, about 3000.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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