Scranton | |
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From top, left to right: Scranton Electric Building, St. Peter's Cathedral, Downtown Scranton, Scranton City Hall, and Courthouse Square | |
Nicknames: The Electric City, The All America City, Steamtown | |
Motto(s): Embracing Our People, Our Traditions and Our Future | |
Anthem: "Hail, Pennsylvania!" | |
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Coordinates: 41°24′38″N 75°40′03″W / 41.41056°N 75.66750°W | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Lackawanna |
Region | Greater Scranton |
Incorporated (borough) | February 14, 1856 |
Incorporated (city) | April 23, 1866 |
Named for | George W. Scranton |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-Council |
• Body | Scranton City Council |
• Mayor | Paige Cognetti (D) |
Area | |
• City | 25.54 sq mi (66.14 km2) |
• Land | 25.31 sq mi (65.55 km2) |
• Water | 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) |
• Metro | 1,777 sq mi (4,602 km2) |
Elevation | 745 ft (227 m) |
Population | |
• City | 76,328 |
• Density | 3,015.96/sq mi (1,164.49/km2) |
• Urban | 366,713 (US: 113th) |
• Urban density | 2,261.4/sq mi (873.1/km2) |
• Metro | 567,559 (US: 100th) |
Demonym | Scrantonian/Scrantonite |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 18447, 18501–18505, 18507–18510, 18512, 18514–18515, 18517–18519, 18522, 18540, 18577 |
Area code(s) | 570 and 272 |
FIPS code | 42-69000 |
GNIS feature ID | 634293[3] |
Website | www |
Scranton is a city in Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County. The city had a population of 76,328 people in 2020.[2] 46th U.S. President Joe Biden was born here.
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