City of Scranton

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The City of Scranton is a Pennsylvania municipality known historically as a major coal and railroad center and now recognized for its revitalized downtown, cultural institutions, and role as a regional economic hub.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
City of Scranton canonical 2
city of Scranton 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Lackawanna County ⓘ
economicRole regional education hub ⓘ
regional healthcare hub ⓘ
regional service center ⓘ
elevation approximately 230 meters ⓘ
approximately 750 feet ⓘ
feature higher education institutions ⓘ
regional medical centers ⓘ
revitalized downtown business district ⓘ
foundedAs village of Slocum Hollow ⓘ
linked to: Slocum Hollow
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Electric City Trolley Museum ⓘ
Everhart Museum ⓘ
Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple ⓘ
Steamtown National Historic Site ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour ⓘ
Steamtown National Historic Site ⓘ
hasUniversity Lackawanna College ⓘ
University of Scranton ⓘ
historicalIndustry anthracite coal mining ⓘ
iron and steel production ⓘ
railroad transportation ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Lackawanna County ⓘ
knownFor cultural institutions ⓘ
historic role as a major coal center ⓘ
historic role as a major railroad center ⓘ
revitalized downtown ⓘ
role as a regional economic hub ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wyoming Valley ⓘ
locatedInValley Lackawanna River valley ⓘ
namedAfter George W. Scranton ⓘ
nickname The Electric City ⓘ
partOf Rust Belt ⓘ
populationRankInState one of the largest cities in Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
river Lackawanna River ⓘ
sportsTeam Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportation Interstate 380 ⓘ
Interstate 81 ⓘ
Interstate 84 ⓘ
U.S. Route 11 ⓘ
U.S. Route 6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nay Aug Avenue area of Scranton → isPartOf → city of Scranton ⓘ
linked to: City of Scranton
Waverly Township → isNear → City of Scranton ⓘ