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Great Bend is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, 39 miles (63 km) north of Scranton. According to 2020 Census data, Great Bend's population was 634, down 13.6% from 2010. [ 3 ]
Great Bend Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,711 at the 2020 census. [2] Children living in the township are served by the public schools in the Blue Ridge School District, including Blue Ridge High School.
Pennsylvania Route 407 (PA 407) is a 12.5-mile-long (20.1 km) state highway located in Lackawanna and Susquehanna counties in Pennsylvania.The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6)/US 11 in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania near Clarks Summit near the northern terminus of Interstate 476 (I-476), also known as the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension.
There is one Pennsylvania state park in Susquehanna County: Salt Springs State Park is 7 miles (11 km) north of Montrose, just off Pennsylvania Route 29. The Nature Conservancy manages two protected wildlife areas: The Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve is a 648 acres (262 ha) area located along Route 29 south of Montrose. [26]
State Game Lands Number 35 is located in Great Bend, Harmony, Jackson and New Milford Townships in Susquehanna County. Maunatome Mountain (summit elevation 1,602 feet (488 m)) is located just outside of the Game Lands to the northwest.
[8] 83 years after the abandonment of the Great Bend and Newburgh Turnpike (1936), the Pennsylvania Department of Highways took over the alignment of the highway for the designation of Legislative PA 371. The route at that point began at an intersection of U.S. Route 11 in Great Bend to the state line on the Delaware River in Damascus. [9]
The route of PA 848 began as an alignment of the Cochecton and Great Bend Turnpike (a portion of the Great Bend and Newburgh Turnpike), a 19th Century turnpike built from Great Bend, Pennsylvania, to Newburgh, New York. The road was completed in Pennsylvania in 1811, five years after construction began. [4]
Geographic index Branch Place State 201: West: Elmora: Pennsylvania 202: West: Northern Cambria: Pennsylvania 203: West: Cherry Tree: Pennsylvania 204: West: Burnside