Archbald

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Archbald

Total population

7,404

Median home value

$217,000

36.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$71,936

Archbald$72k

National$74k

Founded

1831

Elevation1102 m

Land area17.1 km²

Coordinates41.51°, -75.55°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Archbald is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is named for James Archbald, the first mayor of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Before being renamed in Archbald's honor, the name of the settlement was White Oak Run. Most of the original settlers were Irish Catholics, fleeing the Great Famine. The population was 7,348 at the 2021 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

R

Richard T. Carvolth III

United States Air Force officer (1926-1954)

P

Paul Slick

American football player

M

Mary C. Liberatore

American art dealer (1911-2003)

Karl Logan

American guitarist

Bill Sienkiewicz

American artist

D

Denis J. Madden

American bishop

Harold J. Gibbons

American labor leader (1910–1982)

J

John Canemaker

American animator

John Terpak

American weightlifter (1912–1993)

J

Joseph Bambera

Catholic bishop

Joseph Minish

American politician (1916-2007)

J

Jules Schermer

American film producer (1908-1996)

Terence V. Powderly

American labor union leader, politician and attorney (1849–1924)

Pat Crowley

American actress (1933–2025)

Allan Jones

American actor and tenor (1907-1992)

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Alex Konikowski

American baseball player (1928–1997)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• Blakely
  3 mi away
• Chinchilla
  6.2 mi away
• Glenburn
  9 mi away
• Dalton
  10 mi away
• Forest City
  10.9 mi away
• Avoca
  15.3 mi away
• Hop Bottom
  17.6 mi away
• Browntown
  17.9 mi away
• Big Bass Lake
  18.1 mi away
• Gouldsboro
  18.9 mi away
• Hawley
  19.5 mi away · pop. 925
• Harford
  20.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Archbald

Origin and history of the famous Archbald pot-hole, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

S. Fletcher Weyburn · 1929

The Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Sanderson, a study

Robert Wodrow Archbald · 1903

History of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and Archbald Borough

Miles M. McAndrews · 1958

A brief history of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Cheryl A. Kashuba · 2009

Federal court rules annotated. Rules of practice in the United States circuit court of appeals for the Third circuit and in the United States district court for the Middle district of Pennsylvania, at law and in bankruptcy

United States. Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit) · 1912

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