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History · North Abington Township

18% of North Abington Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

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What stands out about North Abington Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Abington Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18924 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1994. Watch North Abington Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Abington Township’s history is told.

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On the map

North Abington Township on the map, 1892 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Abington Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

North Abington Township on the 1892 USGS mapNorth Abington Township on the 1946 USGS mapNorth Abington Township on the 1969 USGS mapNorth Abington Township on the 1994 USGS map1892Dundaff sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of North Abington Township.

The story so far

North Abington Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Abington Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

North Abington Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is located in the suburban area known as “the Abingtons". North Abington is also approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Clarks Summit and borders Waverly Township and Dalton Borough to the south, as well as Benton Township to the north. The population was 709 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 703 in 2010, 706 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

North Abington Township, 1882 to 1905

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Craig post office opens
  3. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Craig post office closes
By decade

North Abington Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
2021-09-09 19 05 24 Light from sunset viewed from beneath a developing thunderstorm along Pennsylvania State Route 524 …20212021-09-09 19 05 24 Light from sunset viewed from ben…The backside of the Northern Electric Brookside power plant, now a home improvement center, in La Plume2013The backside of the Northern Electric Brookside power…LSP Icy Lake2006LSP Icy Lake
Famous people

Famous people close to North Abington Township

Nobody well known was born in North Abington Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Pat CrowleyAmerican actress · b. 1933
Christy MathewsonAmerican Major League baseball player, manager · b. 1880
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Timmy MayerAmerican racing driver · b. 1938
Warren StevensAmerican actor · b. 1919
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Bill SienkiewiczAmerican artist · b. 1958
Jim SaxtonUnited States Congressman from New Jersey · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Craig, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Craig
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside North Abington Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Benton TownshipIts storyBDaltonIts storyB−Waverly Township1 historic placeA−La Plume TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScott TownshipIts storyCSouth Abington TownshipIts storyC

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.