| Municipality |
Date Formed |
Formerly Part of
|
| Abington
Township |
1806 |
Includes
Waverly. Name is now Waverly Township.
|
| Archbald |
1877 |
Blakely
Township. Includes Eynon.
|
| Benton Township |
1838 |
Nicholson
Township. Includes Fleetville
|
| Blakely Borough |
1867 |
Blakely
Township. Includes Peckville
|
| Blakely Township |
April 1819 |
Parts of
Providence and Greenfield Townships.
|
| Carbondale |
3 March 1851 |
Carbondale
Township
|
| Carbondale Township |
April 1831 |
Part of
Greenfield and Blakely Townships. Includes
Childs, White's Crossing
|
| Clark's Green |
1914 |
South
Abington Township
|
| Clark's Summit |
1911 |
South
Abington Township
|
| Clifton Township |
14 December
1875 |
Covington
Township
|
| Covington Township |
1818 |
Wilkes-Barre
Township. Includes Daleville
|
| Dalton Borough |
1895 |
North
Abington Township. Formerly known as Bailey's Hollow
|
| Dickson City Borough |
1875 |
Blakely
Township. Formerly known as Priceburg.
|
| Dunmore Borough |
10 April
1862 |
Providence
Borough
|
| Elmhurst Township |
1889 |
Roaring
Brook Township. Was originally a borough.
|
| Eynon |
|
Not an
incorporated municipality. Part of
Archbald Borough
|
| Fell Township |
November
1845 |
Carbondale
Township. Includes Simpson and Richmondale.
|
| Glenburn Township |
1877 |
Formerly a
borough, reverted to a township in 1934. Formerly
known as Humphreysville.
|
| Greenfield Township |
January 1816 |
Abington
Township
|
| Hyde Park Borough |
4 May 1852 |
From
Providence Borough. Now part of the City
of Scranton.
|
| Jefferson Township |
1836 |
Providence
Township. Includes Mt. Cobb.
|
| Jermyn Borough |
1870 |
Blakely
Township. Formerly known as Gibsonburgh.
|
| Jessup Borough |
July 1862 |
Prior to
that date, it was Winton
|
| Lackawanna Township |
January 1839 |
Parts of
Pittston and Providence Townships. Now
extinct. The final part of the township
(Minooka) was
annexed by the City of Scranton in
1950
|
|
| Municipality |
Date
Formed |
Formerly
Part of
|
| LaPlume
Township |
1885 |
North Abington Township
|
| Lehigh
Township |
13 August 1878 |
Created when county was
formed. Was formerly
part of Buck Township in Luzerne County.
|
| Madison Township |
7 August
1849 |
Parts of
Covington and Jefferson Townships
|
| Mayfield Borough |
1891 |
Carbondale
Township
|
| Moosic Borough |
1899 |
Lackawanna
Township. Includes Greenwood.
|
| Moscow Borough |
|
|
| Newton Township |
1842 |
Falls
Township, Wyoming County
|
| North Abington Township |
1867 |
Abington
Township
|
| Old Forge Township |
26 May 1871 |
Now extinct.
|
| Old Forge Borough |
1890 |
Old Forge
Township. Includes areas of Sibley and
Austin Heights.
|
| Olyphant Borough |
1877 |
Blakely Twp
|
| Peckville |
|
Not an
incorporated municipality. Part of Blakely Borough
|
| Providence Borough |
14 March 1849 |
From what
remained after annexation of part of Providence Township to Pittston.Now part of City of
Scranton.
|
| Providence Township |
1782 |
Area was
then part of Northumberland County. Western
portion reannexed to Pittston Township on 14
March 1849. Now extinct.
|
| Ransom Township |
1849 |
Parts of
Exeter and Newton Townships
|
| Roaring Brook Township |
1871 |
Covington
Township
|
| Scott Township |
1846 |
Greenfield
Township. Includes Montdale.
|
| Scranton Borough |
1856 |
Providence
Township. Formerly known as Slocum Hollow.
|
| Scranton City |
23 April
1866 |
A joining
of Boroughs of Providence, Hyde Park and Scranton
|
| South Abington Township |
25
November1867 |
Abington
Township
|
| Springbrook Township |
22 November
1853 |
Covington
Township
|
| Taylor Borough |
1890 |
Parts of
Lackawanna and Old Forge Townships. Formerly
known as Taylorville, and included Rendham. |
| Thornhurst Township |
07 November
1995 |
Prior to
this date it was Lehigh Township
|
| Throop Borough |
1894 |
Dickson
City Borough
|
| Vandling Borough |
1899 |
Fell
Township
|
| Waverly Township |
02 November
2010 |
Prior to
this date it was Abington Township
|
| West Abington Township |
24 January
1895 |
North
Abington Township
|
| Winton |
1877 |
Blakely
Township. Became Jessup in the 1950's. |
|
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