__NOTOC__ Lackawanna (; from a Lenape word, either lèkaohane, meaning "sandy stream", or lechauhanne, [lɛxaohánɛk], meaning "forks of the river". is the name of various places and later businesses in the mid-Atlantic United States, generally tracing their name in some manner from the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania.
Places Inhabited places Lackawanna, New York, a city in Erie County, New York, just south of Buffalo Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, a county in northeast Pennsylvania, of which the county seat is Scranton
Natural formations Lackawanna River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania Lake Lackawanna, Sussex County, NJ, a man-made lake (circa 1911) and golf course
Other places Lackawanna Coal Mine, a former mine redeveloped as a museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania Lackawanna College, a college in Scranton, Pennsylvania Lackawanna State Park, in northeastern Pennsylvania Lackawanna State Forest, former name of Pinchot State Forest
Railroads Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad, an extant shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1968) Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (1853–1960), also known as the Lackawanna Railroad Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad (1852–1873), 19th century railroad that ran between Scranton and Northumberland Lackawanna and Western Railroad (1853–1960) Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (1903–1976), third rail electric interurban streetcar line from 1903 to 1976
Arts The Lackawanna Valley, a circa 1855 painting by George Inness Lackawanna Blues, a 2001 Ruben Santiago-Hudson play that was adapted as a 2005 television movie
Other uses , two ships in the U.S. navy Lackawanna (Front Royal, Virginia), a historic home in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia Lackawanna Steel Company, a former steel company that started in Scranton then moved to western New York
See also Buffalo Six or the Lackawanna Six, American citizens accused of aiding terrorism Lackawanna Cut-Off Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project Lackawanna Old Road Lackawanna Terminal (disambiguation)
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