Lackawanna County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and had a population of 215,615. Its county seat and most populous city is Scranton. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. The county was created on August 13, 1878, following decades of trying to gain its independence from Luzerne County. Lackawanna was Pennsylvania's last county to be created, and the only county to be created after the American Civil War. It is named for the Lackawanna River. Lackawanna County is the second largest county in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan statistical area. It lies northwest of the Pocono Mountains approximately 40 miles from the New Jersey border in Montague Township, and approximately 25 miles from New York state in Kirkwood. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Lackawanna County.

Founded: August 13, 1878
Named for: Lackawanna River
Seat: Scranton
Largest city: Scranton
Total: 465 sq mi (1,204.34 km²)
Land: 459 sq mi (1,188.8 km²)
Water: 5.8 sq mi (15.02 km²), 1.3
Density: 459/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5-4
Twitter profile: lackcountycr
Official Website: http://www.lackawannacounty.org
Wikidata description: county in Pennsylvania, United States
Wikidata id: Q501350
Wikidata label: Lackawanna County
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