Scranton

Summary

Scranton is a city of Pennsylvania^[1]. Scranton ranks in the top 7% of city_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,255 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Scranton is located in Lackawanna County^[3].
• Scranton is in the country of United States^[4].
• Scranton is on the body of water Lackawanna River^[5].
• Scranton is on the body of water Lake Scranton^[6].
• Scranton's head of government is recorded as Paige Gebhardt Cognetti^[7].
• Scranton's image is recorded as Scranton, Pennsylvania's skyline- --Scranton, Pennsylvania-- is the largest city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania- 2014-07-07 21-52.jpg^[8].
• Scranton's instance of is recorded as city of Pennsylvania^[9].
• Scranton's instance of is recorded as county seat^[10].
• Scranton's instance of is recorded as home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[11].
• Scranton's shares border with is recorded as Dunmore^[12].
• Scranton's shares border with is recorded as Taylor^[13].
• George W. Scranton is named after Scranton^[14].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Balakovo^[15].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ballina^[16].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Guardia Lombardi^[17].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Trnava^[18].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perugia^[19].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Caronia^[20].
• Scranton's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Marino^[21].
• Scranton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 300276349^[22].
• Scranton's GND ID is recorded as 4106833-6^[23].
• Scranton's locator map image is recorded as Area Map of Lackawanna County, Scranton.svg^[24].
• Scranton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80026833^[25].
• Scranton's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144426607^[26].
• Scranton's IdRef ID is recorded as 196926661^[27].

Body

Geography

Scranton is in the country of United States^[4]. Scranton is located in Lackawanna County^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Lackawanna River^[5], a river^[28], in United States^[29] and Lake Scranton^[6], a reservoir^[30], in United States^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Scranton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+66.142853'}^[32]. Scranton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+227'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+76089'}^[34] and {'amount': '+76328'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Pennsylvania^[9], county seat^[10], and home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[11].

History and Context

George W. Scranton is named after Scranton^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Scranton include University of Scranton^[36], a university^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1888^[39] and USS Scranton^[40], an attack submarine^[41].

Why It Matters

Scranton ranks in the top 7% of city_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,255 views/month).^[2] Scranton has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Scranton is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Scranton include University of Scranton^[36], a university^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1888^[39] and USS Scranton^[40], an attack submarine^[41].