Blakely

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Blakely

Total population

6,662

Median home value

$198,300

27.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$55,855

Blakely$56k

National$74k

Founded

1786

Elevation856 m

Land area3.81 km²

Weather81°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Coordinates41.49°, -75.60°

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

Blakely is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 6,657 at the 2020 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.

Current forecast

Forecast for Blakely, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Nicole Sheridan

American pornographic actress

Bill Sienkiewicz

American artist

John Terpak

American weightlifter (1912–1993)

Warren Stevens

American actor (1919–2012)

Albert Trueman

Canadian academic (1902-1988)

B

Bill Sautter

soccer player

B

Bob Shemonski

American gridiron football player (1933–2001)

Corey O'Brien

American politician

Dick Tracewski

American baseball player and coach

James Joseph Walsh

United States physician and author (1865–1942)

J

James P. Scoblick

American politician (1909-1981)

Joe Paparella

baseball umpire

Joe Shaute

American baseball player

O

Owen Dougherty

American football player and coach (1929-1991)

Stan Palys

American baseball player (1930-2021)

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Tim Ruddy

American football player

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

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• Chinchilla
  3.4 mi away
• Jermyn
  4.1 mi away
• Glenburn
  6.7 mi away
• Dalton
  7.9 mi away
• Avoca
  12.6 mi away
• Forest City
  13.4 mi away
• Browntown
  15.2 mi away
• Hop Bottom
  17.3 mi away
• Big Bass Lake
  17.5 mi away · pop. 1,428
• Gouldsboro
  18.5 mi away
• Forty Fort
  20 mi away · pop. 4,252
• Harford
  21.2 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 Blakely

Madness & Blake's myth

Paul Youngquist · 1986

Henry Blake Fuller

Constance M. Griffin · 1939

Way to wealth

Benjamin Franklin · 1758

Examples of the English pre-Raphaelite School of Painters, including Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Madox-Brown and others, together with a collection of the works of William Blake

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. · 1892

Selfhood and redemption in Blake's Songs

Harold E. Pagliaro · 1987

My storm

Edward James Blakely · 2011

My Storm

Edward James Blakely · 2012

The Pennsylvania farmer

Job Roberts · 1804

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