Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Binghamton (NY). It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the north of Scranton and has a population of 47,380 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bethel (NY)	NE	46 mi [74 km]	4,543	4.15% increase
	Binghamton (NY)	N	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,951	0.36% decrease
	Callicoon (NY)	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	3,116	2.1% increase
	Conklin (NY)	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	5,744	3.3% decrease
	Hancock (NY)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	3,276	5.02% decrease
	Kirkwood (NY)	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	5,628	0.41% decrease
	Port Jervis (NY)	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	9,111	2.83% increase
	Vestal (NY)	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	27,251	2.7% increase
	Windsor (NY)	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	6,357	1% decrease
	Bloomsburg	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	12,772	3.21% increase
	Carbondale	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	9,208	6.08% decrease
	Hazleton	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	21,732	6.85% decrease
	Nanticoke	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	10,199	6.9% decrease
	Pittston	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	7,547	6.87% decrease
	Wilkes-Barre	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	40,932	5.08% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Narrowsburg (NY)	NE	33 mi [53.1 km]
	Back Mountain	W	17 mi [27.36 km]
	Belian Village	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Carpenter Town	N	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Forest City Station	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]
	Glen Lyon	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]
	Glenburn	N	8 mi [12.87 km]
	Houston City	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Locust Lakes Village	S	19 mi [30.58 km]
	Mount Cobb	E	8 mi [12.87 km]
	Mountain Top	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]
	Mountainhome	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]
	Plains	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Pocono Pines	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]
	Turnersville	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]

Lackawanna County

Scranton is located in Lackawanna County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lackawanna: Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming.

While not sharing a border with Lackawanna, the following counties are close to Scranton: Pike, Centre and Carbon.

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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Scranton
	Delaware County (NY)	NE	Lordville (NY)	39 miles [62 km]
	Sullivan County (NY)	NE	Narrowsburg (NY)	33 miles [53 km]
	Bradford County	W	Sciotavale	31 miles [49 km]
	Carbon County	S	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates	22 miles [35 km]
	Centre County	S	Blakeslee Estates	21 miles [33 km]
	Columbia County	W	Five Points	36 miles [57 km]
	Luzerne County	SW	Browns	5 miles [8 km]
	Monroe County	S	Arrowhead Lake	18 miles [28 km]
	Pike County	E	Lake Wallenpaupack Estate	17 miles [27 km]
	Schuylkill County	SW	Kelayres	39 miles [62 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<3>

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