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Lackawanna County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 5, 2026

Board of Commissioners meets: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 10:00 AM.
Meeting location: Commissioners' Conference Room, Lackawanna County Government Center, 123 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503 (floor number is inconsistently listed as 5th or 6th across the county's own pages).
County Clerk: Evie Rafalko McNulty · 570-963-6775 x 7650 · mcnultye@lackawannacounty.org
Agendas posted at: https://lackawanna.legistar.com/calendar.aspx
Board of County Commissioners: Traditional 3-member Board of County Commissioners. Chairman: Thom Welby. Vice Chairman: Chris Chermak. Third commissioner: Bill Gaughan.

Sources

https://lackawannacounty.org/news_detail_T8_R838.php

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

City: Scranton

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (1)

Carbondale

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024

Boroughs (17)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (9)

Abington Heights SD
Carbondale Area SD
Lakeland SD
Mid Valley SD
North Pocono SD
Old Forge SD
Riverside SD
Scranton SD
Valley View SD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Special districts · Housing & Community Development (3)

Carbondale Housing Authority
Lackawanna County Housing Authority (official website, opens in a new tab)
Scranton Housing Authority

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Special districts · Industrial Development (4)

Archbald Borough Industrial Develoment Authority
Carbondale City Industrial Development Authority
Lackawanna County Industrial Authority
Scranton Municipal Industrial Development Authority