Moosic, Pennsylvania

Moosic, Pennsylvania
Moosic, Pennsylvania
Borough
	Municipal building
	Location of Moosic in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
	Moosic Location in Pennsylvania Moosic Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 41°21′30″N 75°42′44″W / 41.35833°N 75.71222°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lackawanna
Incorporated	1898
Government
• Mayor	James Segilia
Area
• Total	6.53 sq mi (16.91 km2)
• Land	6.48 sq mi (16.78 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation	817 ft (249 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,959
• Density	919.46/sq mi (355.03/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Zip Code	18507
Area codes	570
FIPS code	42-50880
GNIS feature ID	1215324
Website	moosicborough.com

Moosic (/ˈmuːzɪk/ MOO-zik^[5]) is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 miles (5 km) south of downtown Scranton and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown Wilkes-Barre, on the Lackawanna River.

Moosic is in a former coal-mining region. A few older industries existed at one time, including the manufacturing of canvas gloves and silk products. The population was 5,972 at the 2020 census.^[6]

^ "Officials". Moosic Borough. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moosic, Pennsylvania
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "2019 Graduate Returns Home a Multimedia Journalist". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

[Officials-1] "Officials". Moosic Borough. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

[TigerWebMapServer-2] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[gnis-3] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moosic, Pennsylvania

[USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-4] Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "2019 Graduate Returns Home a Multimedia Journalist". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[USCensusEst2020-2021-6] Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

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