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Scranton, Kentucky

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Richmond. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the southwest of Scranton and has a population of 27,152 people.<1>

The next largest community is Winchester. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the west of Scranton and has a population of 16,724 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Berea   SW50 mi [80.5 km]14,43146.49% increase
 Cynthiana   NW50 mi [80.5 km]6,2830.4% increase
 Flemingsburg   N32 mi [51.5 km]2,67311.2% decrease
 Grayson   NE39 mi [62.8 km]3,9852.79% increase
 Irvine   SW31 mi [49.89 km]2,6666.23% decrease
 Jackson   S30 mi [48.28 km]2,4003.61% decrease
 Maysville   N47 mi [75.6 km]9,2462.81% increase
 Morehead   N14 mi [22.53 km]7,70730.32% increase
 Mount Sterling   W23 mi [37.01 km]6,92117.78% increase
 Paintsville   E40 mi [64.4 km]4,2162.03% increase
 Paris   W43 mi [69.2 km]9,2861.12% increase
 Prestonsburg   SE46 mi [74 km]3,8626.92% increase
 Stanton   SW20 mi [32.19 km]3,1493.96% increase
 West Liberty   E14 mi [22.53 km]3,2850.24% increase
 Manchester (OH)   N48 mi [77.2 km]2,0962.59% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bell City   E22 mi [35.41 km]---
 Camargo   W20 mi [32.19 km]1,03412.03% increase
 Campton   S17 mi [27.36 km]4122.83% decrease
 Cannel City   SE19 mi [30.58 km]---
 Frenchburg   SW6 mi [9.66 km]5470.73% decrease
 Grange City   NW19 mi [30.58 km]---
 Jeffersonville   W15 mi [24.14 km]1,6389.2% decrease
 Lakeview Heights   N11 mi [17.7 km]20119.92% decrease
 Lee City   SE19 mi [30.58 km]---
 Old Clay City Road   SW21 mi [33.8 km]---
 Owingsville   NW16 mi [25.75 km]1,67212.37% increase
 Salt Lick   NW10 mi [16.09 km]3605.26% increase
 Sandy Hook   E22 mi [35.41 km]7236.64% increase
 Spencer Village   W17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Wellington   S5 mi [8.05 km]---

Menifee County

Scranton is located in Menifee County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Menifee: Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan and Wolfe.

While not sharing a border with Menifee, the following counties are close to Scranton: Barren, Fleming and Lawrence.

Below are counties that are near Scranton (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Scranton:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Scranton
 Barren County   SEBear Wallow12 miles [19 km]
 Bath County   NWClear Creek Furnace5 miles [8 km]
 Bourbon County   NWBunker Hill29 miles [46 km]
 Boyd County   NGrassland24 miles [38 km]
 Breathitt County   SPaxton22 miles [35 km]
 Carter County   NEBrinegar20 miles [32 km]
 Clark County   WKiddville25 miles [40 km]
 Elliott County   ESpanglin16 miles [25 km]
 Estill County   SWPilot21 miles [33 km]
 Fleming County   NColfax16 miles [25 km]



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Scranton.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Scranton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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