Olyphant, Pennsylvania

Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Borough
Borough hall
Borough hall
Location of Olyphant in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Location of Olyphant in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Olyphant is located in Pennsylvania
Olyphant
Olyphant
Location in Pennsylvania
Olyphant is located in the United States
Olyphant
Olyphant
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 41°27′45″N 75°35′44″W / 41.46250°N 75.59556°W / 41.46250; -75.59556
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLackawanna
Government
 • MayorJohn Sedlak Jr.
 • Council membersJames Baldan
Jerry Tully
Michael Abda
Dina Harrington
Robert Hudak
David Krukovitz
Elizabeth Frushon[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
5.50 sq mi (14.25 km2)
 • Land5.44 sq mi (14.08 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
5,383
 • Density990.07/sq mi (382.27/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18447-18448
Area code570
FIPS code42-56792
Websiteolyphantborough.com

Olyphant is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is six miles (10 km) northeast of downtown Scranton, on the Lackawanna River in the heart of the anthracite region of the state. Its main source of employment was the mining and shipping of coal. It was the headquarters of the Lackawanna Coal Company.[4] Other industries of the past were the manufacturing of blasting powder, iron and steel goods, cigars, and silks. Olyphant experienced a severe downturn in the 1950s. There was once a thriving garment industry with numerous dress factories in the downtown area. There was also a slaughterhouse. Until 2018, the biggest industry was Cinram the manufacture of compact discs (CD) and digital video discs (DVD).[5] The population was 5,395 at the 2020 census.[6]

  1. ^ "Government". Olyphant Borough. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Hayden, Horace Edwin; Hand, Alfred; Jordan, John Woolf (1906). Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania. Lewis publishing Company. p. 15.
  5. ^ "Former WEA, Cinram Plant to Close". WNEP-TV. January 17, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2022. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)