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In 1840, the Scranton brothers arrived and found only five houses in the village. The Scrantons built a forge that later became the nucleus of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company. A new name was given to the settlement in 1845: Harrison , in honor of the president.
Scranton, a small farming-ranching community, was only 13 years old when citizens founded the academy, by public subscription. The school expanded rapidly, reaching an enrollment of 325 by 1910. At its peak all grade levels (then numbering 11) were taught.
History in a Pecan Shell. In 1875 three families began the settlement and a school and cotton gin were operating in the 1880s. The post office opened in 1891. The Scranton Academy opened in 1903 and the town had a newspaper in 1911.
Scranton is the cultural and economic center of Northeastern Pennsylvania, a region of the state with over 1.3 million residents. Scranton hosts a federal court building for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The city is conventionally divided into nine districts: North Scranton, Southside, Westside ...
4 days ago · Scranton is noted for its production of Nottingham lace. With the decline and later demise of the coal industry from the 1950s, the city diversified its economy and received national recognition for its “Scranton Plan,” which provided jobs through industrial expansion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1851, the village originally named Slocum Hollow was incorporated as a borough under its new name, Scranton. By 1866, it had become a city. Simultaneously, the neighboring boroughs of Hyde Park and Providence were incorporated into Scranton, creating a municipal boundary that would permit future growth.
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The first European settlers in Scranton were the Abbott brothers, who founded a gristmill there in 1786. In 1800 the Slocum brothers took the mill over, named the area Slocumville, and began a charcoal furnace for iron manufacturing.
