Place:Taylor, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameTaylor
Alt namesTaylorvillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42026690
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.391°N 75.715°W
Located inLackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Taylor is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Scranton on the Lackawanna River. It was founded in 1790 by Cornelius Atherton. Silk manufacturing and coal mining were once practiced in the borough. Most of Taylor is built over abandoned mines. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476), available via the Keyser Avenue Interchange, passes through Taylor, going north to Clarks Summit and south to Philadelphia.

The population of Taylor at the 2010 census was 6,263.

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