Place:Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameJermyn
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.528°N 75.547°W
Located inLackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
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Jermyn, known as "The Birthplace of First Aid in America", is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, on the Lackawanna River, northeast of Scranton. A productive anthracite coal field was in the region in 1900 when 2,567 people lived here. In 1910, 3,158 residents of Jermyn were tallied. In the early years of the twentieth century, coal mines, cut glass works, silk, powder, grist, planing, and saw mills, bottling works, and fertilizer factories dotted the borough. The population was 2,169 at the 2010 census. Jermyn is the mailing address of the Lakeland School District. East Jermyn, the section of town east of the Lackawanna River and west of the small section of Archbald known as "Nebraska", is commonly referred to as "Calico Lane" or "The Lane". Jermyn was incorporated as a borough in 1870 and celebrated its centennial in 1970 with a week-long celebration.

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