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Moscow is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,039 at the 2020 census. The population was 2,039 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Scranton and 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Honesdale .
According to a history of The Church of Saint Catherine of Siena, which is posted on the organization's website, "The beginning of Catholicism in the North Pocono area predates the existence of St. Catherine's parish" with a significant relocation of Catholics to the area during the mid-1800s for mining and railroad jobs.
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. [1] Lackawanna County is the second largest county in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan statistical area.
There are numerous historic sites in the watershed of Roaring Brook. These include the Scranton Iron Furnaces (a state historic site) in Scranton, the Erie Arch in Dunmore, a Pennsylvania Coal Company building in Dunmore, the Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad in Dunmore and other locations, and the Mill Street Tubs and the Nay Aug tubs in Dunmore. [3]
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
Since spring 2007, for the first time in the history of The State Historical Museum, all 40 halls have been open to the public. [6] The museum covers the period from ancient times to the early 20th century and over 1.2 million people visit its exhibitions. [7] The museum is also a major centre for research, science and education.
When Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911, what is now PA 690 was not given a number. [3] PA 690 was designated in 1928 to run from US 611 (now PA 435) in Moscow northeast to PA 590 in Hollisterville along an unpaved road. [4] By 1930, the road between PA 502 and US 611 in Moscow was an unnumbered, unpaved road. [5]
Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) [2] in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W).