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Scranton, New York

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Scranton is located in Erie County.

Scranton is 230 feet [70.1 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Scranton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Scranton can be found in:

 AlabamaNorth Carolina
 ArkansasNorth Dakota
 CaliforniaPennsylvania
 IowaSouth Carolina
 KansasTexas
 KentuckyUtah (historic<2>)
 Minnesota 

While we we don't have population counts for Scranton, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Scranton).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Amherst   N19 mi [30.58 km]115,5630.81% decrease
 Buffalo   N10 mi [16.09 km]270,9197.42% decrease
 Cheektowaga   N12 mi [19.31 km]87,7886.63% decrease
 Evans   SW10 mi [16.09 km]16,8364.31% decrease
 Lackawanna   N5 mi [8.05 km]17,5887.74% decrease
 Lancaster   NE15 mi [24.14 km]40,2983.28% increase
 
 
<*>   When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Scranton.


The Commemorative Quarter for New York
The Commemorative
Quarter for
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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Scranton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
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  RV Parts     Schools    
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Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Scranton:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Scranton? Please visit the Map Page for Scranton.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scranton - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Scranton, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>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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<4>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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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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