Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
Borough of Throop

Throop

Throop is a borough in , , United States, adjoining . Formerly, coal mining and silk manufacturing provided employment for the people of Throop, who numbered 2,204 in 1900 and 5,133 in 1910.
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  • Type: Village with 4,070 residents
  • Description: borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Throop, PA” and “Throop, Pennsylvania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mid Valley Secondary Center and Viewmont Mall.

School
is a public secondary school located in Throop, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is the sole high school and junior high school operated by Mid Valley School District.

Shopping center
is a located in . It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, Dick's House of Sport, and HomeGoods. is situated 2½ miles west of Throop.

School
was a residential school for the deaf established in 1880 in , United States. Its students ranged in age from birth to 21. is situated 2 miles southwest of Throop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dickson City and Dunmore.

Town
Photo: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough in , United States, 4 miles north of . Coal mining was an important industry in the past. The borough's population peaked at 12,395 in 1930 and was 6,051 at the 2020 census.

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is a borough in , United States, adjoining . It is part of and was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862.

Hamlet
is a village in , , , roughly 8 miles northwest of Scranton. The governing borough of is . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Throop.

Throop

Latitude
41.45147° or 41° 27′ 5″ north
Longitude
-75.61186° or 75° 36′ 43″ west
Population
4,070
Elevation
846 feet (258 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TPY
Open location code
87H6F92Q+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157571987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5215611
Wiki­data ID
Q1184058
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Throop” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثروب”
  • Basque: “Throop”
  • Cebuano: “Throop”
  • Chechen: “Труп”
  • Chinese: “Throop”
  • Dutch: “Throop”
  • French: “Throop”
  • German: “Throop”
  • Gilaki: “ثرۊپ (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ثرۊپ”
  • Haitian: “Throop, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Throop”
  • Italian: “Throop”
  • Ladin: “Throop”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Throop”
  • Portuguese: “Throop”
  • Serbian: “Труп”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Throop, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Throop”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تروپ، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Throop (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Throop”
  • Tatar: “Труп”
  • Ukrainian: “Труп”
  • Uzbek: “Throop”
  • Uzbek: “Тҳрооп”
  • Vietnamese: “Throop, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Throop”
  • Volapük: “Throop”
  • Welsh: “Throop, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Throop”

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