Scranton
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city in Osage County, Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Osage
- Named after
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Total
- 1.08 sq mi (2.80 km )
- Land
- 1.08 sq mi (2.79 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,122 ft (342 m)
- Density
- 606/sq mi (234/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-63675
- Website
- scrantonks.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Scranton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Osage County
- Population
- 653
- Area
- 2.769199
- Elevation
- 342
- Official website
- www.scrantonks.com
- Image
- Scranton kansas post office 2009.jpg
- Households
- 230
- Dialing code
- 785
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- 66537
- Commons category
- Scranton, Kansas
- P8168
- Sisters of Mercy
- water as percent of area
- 0.2729
- per capita income
- 25222
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Scranton is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 653. It was named after the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania due to its coal mining in the 19th century.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scranton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.