Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
Borough of Taylor

Taylor

Taylor is a borough in , , United States, 3 miles southwest of on the . It was founded in 1790 by Cornelius Atherton.
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  • Type: Village with 6,260 residents
  • Description: borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Taylor, PA”, “Taylor, Pennsylvania”, and “Taylorville”
  • Postal code: 18517

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riverside School District and Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann.

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

Church
The is a Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Catholic Church located in within the Diocese of Scranton. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Taylor.

Museum
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Lackawanna Coal Mine is a and retired coal mine that is located in in , . It opened in 1903. is situated 2½ miles north of Taylor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moosic and Scranton.

Town
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is a borough in , United States, 3 miles south of downtown and 10 miles northeast of downtown , on the . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Taylor.

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is a city in . It is near , and is the seventh most populous city in the state. Today, it is perhaps best known as the setting of the hit TV show "The Office" and the birthplace of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 4½ miles northwest of Taylor.

Taylor

Latitude
41.38407° or 41° 23′ 3″ north
Longitude
-75.70941° or 75° 42′ 34″ west
Population
6,260
Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TYP
Open location code
87H697MR+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158535829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5215247
Wiki­data ID
Q1181934
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Taylor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تايلور”
  • Basque: “Taylor”
  • Cebuano: “Taylor”
  • Chechen: “Тейлор”
  • Chinese: “Taylor”
  • Dutch: “Taylor”
  • French: “Taylor”
  • German: “Taylor”
  • Gilaki: “تیلر (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “تیلر”
  • Haitian: “Taylor, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Taylor”
  • Italian: “Taylor”
  • Ladin: “Taylor”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Taylor”
  • Portuguese: “Taylor”
  • Russian: “Тейлор”
  • Serbian: “Тејлор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taylor, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taylor”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تایلور، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Taylor (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Taylor”
  • Tatar: “Тейлор”
  • Ukrainian: “Тейлор”
  • Urdu: “ٹیلر، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “ٹیلر”
  • Uzbek: “Taylor”
  • Uzbek: “Тайлор”
  • Vietnamese: “Taylor, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Taylor”
  • Volapük: “Taylor”
  • Welsh: “Taylor, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Taylor”

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