Scranton, North Dakota

Scranton
Scranton
City
	Scranton's business district
	Location of Scranton, North Dakota
	Coordinates: 46°08′58″N 103°08′35″W / 46.14944°N 103.14306°W
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Bowman
Founded	1907
Area
• Total	0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
• Land	0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	2,779 ft (847 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	258
• Estimate (2022)	251
• Density	376.09/sq mi (145.17/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	58653
Area code	701
FIPS code	38-71500
GNIS feature ID	1036256

Scranton is a small city in Bowman County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 258 at the 2020 census.^[3]

Scranton was founded in 1907 along the Milwaukee Road transcontinental rail line known as the Pacific Extension. It was named after Scranton, Pennsylvania because, like that city, it was located within a region of coal mining.^[5]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scranton, North Dakota
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Wick, Douglas A. "Scranton (Bowman County)". North Dakota Place Names. Retrieved May 7, 2011.