List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Lackawanna County

This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Lackawanna County.

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...

by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania responsible for the collection, conservation and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage...

(PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 32 historical markers located in Lackawanna County.

Historical markers

Marker title	Image	Date dedicated	Location	Marker type	Topics
Pioneer, The			Nay Aug Park at railroad car (on "road" across from Vine St., near Arthur Ave., behind Everhart Mus.), Scranton 41.40078°N 75.6435°W	Roadside	Railroads, Transportation
1902 Anthracite Coal Strike			Courthouse Square, Scranton °N °W	Roadside	Coal, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor
Anthracite Mine Disaster			In front of Throop Borough Bldg., Charles St. & Sanderson Ave., Throop 41.44598°N 75.62039°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Coal, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor
Capoose			1030 Providence Rd., at Diamond St., West Scranton 41.42548°N 75.66625°W	Roadside	Early Settlement, Native American
Carbondale Carbondale, Pennsylvania Carbondale is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carbondale is located approximately 15 miles due northeast of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania...			60 S Main St. (Bus. 6), at Housing Authority, Carbondale 41.56963°N 75.50335°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Coal
Carbondale Carbondale, Pennsylvania Carbondale is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carbondale is located approximately 15 miles due northeast of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania...			#5 6th Ave., at City Hall (6th Ave. side), Carbondale 41.57225°N 75.50316°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Coal
Carbondale Carbondale, Pennsylvania Carbondale is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carbondale is located approximately 15 miles due northeast of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania...			208 Fallbrook St. (PA 106), next to guard rail, N end of Carbondale 41.58317°N 75.51279°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Coal
Coal Miners' and Laborers' Strike			SW corner of Lackawanna & Washington Aves., downtown Scranton °N °W	City	Coal, Government & Politics 19th Century, Labor
Elder Miller			1214 N Abington Rd. (PA 407), at PA 632, Waverly 41.52798°N 75.7051°W	Roadside	Early Settlement, Education, Religion
First Aid Pioneer			Bus. US 6 & PA 107, near bridge next to guardrail, Jermyn 41.53406°N 75.55189°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Coal, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations
First Electric Cars			235 Adams Ave. at Spruce St. (Courthouse Square), Scranton 41.40754°N 75.66196°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Electricity, Railroads
Gravity Railroad Gravity railroad A gravity railroad or Gravity railway is a railroad on a slope that allow cars carrying minerals or passengers to coast down the slope by the force of gravity alone. The cars are then hauled back up the slope using animal power or a stationary engine and a cable, chain or one or more wide, flat...			97 N Main St. (Rt. 6), at entrance to Gravity Park, Carbondale 41.57549°N 75.49854°W	Roadside	Coal, Railroads, Transportation
Hickory Grove Cemetery			273 Miller Rd., just south of Carbondale Road (Rt. 632), Waverly 41.52546°N 75.69275°W	Roadside	African American, Underground Railroad
Jay Gould Jay Gould Jason "Jay" Gould was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has long been vilified as an archetypal robber baron, whose successes made him the ninth richest American in history. Condé Nast Portfolio ranked Gould as the 8th worst American CEO of all time...			Bear Lake Rd. (SR 2016), just N of River Rd., Thornhurst 41.17881°N 75.58084°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Professions & Vocations, Railroads
Jay Gould Jay Gould Jason "Jay" Gould was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has long been vilified as an archetypal robber baron, whose successes made him the ninth richest American in history. Condé Nast Portfolio ranked Gould as the 8th worst American CEO of all time...			River & Locust Ridge (Hwy. 2015) Rds., just S of Thornhurst 41.17486°N 75.58849°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Professions & Vocations, Railroads
Keyser Creek			331 N Main St. (SR 3013), 200 yds from Taylor Profess. Plaza, near guardrail, Taylor 41.3876°N 75.70477°W	Roadside	Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American
Lackawanna County Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...			512 Spruce St., (betw. N Washington Ave. & Dix Ct.) Courthouse Sq., Scranton 41.40768°N 75.66341°W	City	Coal, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Native American
Lackawanna Iron			at Scranton Iron Furnace, Cedar Ave. near Lackawanna Ave., (across from Gen. Dynamics) Scranton 41.40373°N 75.66382°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Iron, Railroads, Steel
Loretta Perfectus Walsh Loretta Perfectus Walsh Loretta Perfectus Walsh became the first American active-duty Navy woman, and the first woman allowed to serve as a woman, in any of the United States armed forces other than as a nurse, when she enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve on March 17, 1917...			108 Willow Ave. at Lackawanna Ave. (Hwy. 347), at Am. Legion Post, Olyphant 41.46987°N 75.60516°W	City	Military, Military Post-Civil War, Women
Munsee Indian Village - PLAQUE			843 Providence Rd., on wall near stadium entrance, West Scranton 41.41975°N 75.66541°W	Plaque	Early Settlement, Native American
Old Forge Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Old Forge is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,313 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Old Forge is located at . The borough has a total area of 3.5 square miles which is all land..-History:The history of Old Forge can be traced back to the creation of...			S. Main St. (SR 3013) at Lonesome Rd., near metal bridge, Old Forge 41.35925°N 75.74621°W	Roadside	Business & Industry, Cities & Towns
Pennsylvania Gravity			Tigue St., near I-84 overpass (across from hotel), Dunmore 41.4141°N 75.59976°W	Roadside	Railroads, Transportation
Rev. Jacob M. Koehler (1860-1932)			1800 N. Washington Ave., betw. Electric & Columbia, at Scranton State Schl. for Deaf, Scranton 41.4299°N 75.64159°W	Roadside	Education, Government & Politics, Professions & Vocations, Religion
Rev. William Bishop			1124 Price St., at Main Ave., West Scranton 41.41363°N 75.67928°W	Roadside	Religion
Rocky Glen Park Rocky Glen Park Known by a variety of names over its 101-year existence, Rocky Glen Park was a park near Moosic, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by Arthur Frothingham in 1886 as a picnic park, it was transformed into an amusement park by engineer and entrepreneur Frederick Ingersoll in 1905...			Rocky Glen Rd., 1/4 mile off Rt. 502, at old park entrance, Moosic °N °W	Roadside	Ethnic & Immigration, Railroads
Scranton Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...			PA 307 E of Scranton, (Missing) °N °W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Government & Politics 19th Century, Iron, Steel
Scranton Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...			US 6 / I-81 northbound, at mile marker 189, just north of exit 187, N of Scranton 41.43808°N 75.62914°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Government & Politics 19th Century, Iron, Steel
Scranton Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...			US 6 / I-81 southbound, near exit 191B, next to guardrail, NE of Scranton 41.46125°N 75.6668°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Government & Politics 19th Century, Iron, Steel
Scranton Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...			S Main & Rundle Ave., by Taylor Shopping Ctr. sign, West Scranton 41.3967°N 75.68893°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns
Terence V. Powderly Terence V. Powderly Terence Vincent "Terry" Powderly was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants. He was a highly visible national spokesman for the working man as head of the Knights of Labor from 1879 until 1893...			N. Main Ave. & Mears St., West Scranton 41.41935°N 75.67445°W	Roadside	Government & Politics, Labor
Thomas J. Foster			Wyoming Ave. near Ash St., Scranton (Missing) °N °W	Roadside	Education, Government & Politics 19th Century, Labor, Professions & Vocations, Publishing
Tripp House, The		n/a	1011 N. Main Ave. near Scranton Expy., Scranton 41.42638°N 75.66969°W	Roadside	Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century

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