Place:Duryea, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameDuryea
Alt namesAsserughneysource: History of Luzerne County, Penna.
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.348°N 75.758°W
Located inLuzerne, Pennsylvania, United States     (28 May 1901 - )
Also located inPittston (township), Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States    
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Marcy Cemetery
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Duryea is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of Scranton. The Susquehanna River marks Duryea's western boundary, and the Lackawanna River flows through Duryea. It was incorporated as a borough in 1901, and had a notable switching rail yard, the Duryea yard (or Muller yard), connecting the central Wyoming Valley to destinations in lower New York and down-state Pennsylvania (in Harrisburg and Philadelphia). Coal mining and silk manufacturing were the chief industries in Duryea's early years. The population was 4,917 at the 2010 census.

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The borough of Duryea was formed from what was at the time, Marcy Township. The private Duryea website claims that Duryea was incorporated 28 May 1901, in conflict with the 1891 date given here; obviously needs more investigation.

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