Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
Borough of Old Forge

Old Forge

Old Forge is a borough in , United States. The population was 8,524 at the 2020 census. It is located 5 miles southwest of downtown and 12 miles northeast of .
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  • Type: Village with 8,310 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Barbertown”, “Old Forge, Lackawanna County”, “Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania”, “Old Forge, PA”, and “Rendham”
  • Postal code: 18518

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport and Riverside School District.

Aerodrome
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is mostly in Pittston Township, , about 7 miles from Scranton and 8 mi from Wilkes-Barre. It spans the border between and Lackawanna County, and is owned and operated by the two counties. is situated 2½ miles south of Old Forge.

School
The is a small, suburban public school district in which formed in 1961. The district serves the boroughs of and , both suburbs of Scranton.

Church
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is situated 2 miles south of Old Forge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moosic and Milwaukee.

Town
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is a borough in , United States, 3 miles south of downtown and 10 miles northeast of downtown , on the .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 4 miles northwest of Old Forge.

Town
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is a city in , United States. The city lies in the Wyoming Valley on the east side of the and on the south side of the . is situated 4 miles southwest of Old Forge.

Old Forge

Latitude
41.37119° or 41° 22′ 16″ north
Longitude
-75.73491° or 75° 44′ 6″ west
Population
8,310
Elevation
738 feet (225 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US XJZ
Open location code
87H697C8+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158386314
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5204331
Wiki­data ID
Q1184872
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Old Forge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أولد فورج”
  • Basque: “Old Forge”
  • Catalan: “Old Forge”
  • Cebuano: “Old Forge”
  • Chechen: “Олд-Фордж (Лекаванна, Пенсильвани)”
  • Chechen: “Олд-Фордж”
  • Chinese: “Old Forge”
  • Dutch: “Old Forge”
  • French: “Old Forge”
  • German: “Old Forge”
  • Haitian: “Old Forge, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Old Forge”
  • Italian: “Old Forge”
  • Japanese: “オールド・フォージ”
  • Ladin: “Old Forge”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Old Forge”
  • Portuguese: “Old Forge”
  • Russian: “Олд-Фордж”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Old Forge, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Old Forge”
  • Silesian: “Old Forge (hrabstwo Lackawanna)”
  • Silesian: “Old Forge”
  • Spanish: “Old Forge”
  • Tatar: “Олд-Фордж (Лекаванна, Пенсильвания)”
  • Tatar: “Олд-Фордж”
  • Ukrainian: “Олд-Фордж”
  • Uzbek: “Old Forge, Lackawanna County”
  • Uzbek: “Old Forge”
  • Uzbek: “Олд Форге”
  • Vietnamese: “Old Forge, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Old Forge”
  • Volapük: “Old Forge”
  • Welsh: “Old Forge, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Old Forge”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Forge Fire Department and Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Forge”. Photo: Smallbones, CC0.