Emergency Biohazard Cleanup Services in Scranton, AR

Scranton is a small city in northeastern Logan County, Arkansas — not to be confused with its much larger namesake, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

The Arkansas Scranton was founded in 1907 by a group of investors led by Harmon Remmel, who bought farmland — land first deeded to James Murphey in 1838 — hoping to build a center of coal mining operations.

The investors named their city for Scranton, Pennsylvania, then famous for its coal industry, and the town's post office opened in 1910.

Scranton, Arkansas, was incorporated on November 21, 1910.

Although the nearby coal mines never proved profitable, Scranton survived and for a time ranked among the largest cities in Logan County.

The city's population peaked at 400 in the 1920 census, just a decade after incorporation; the 2020 census counted 245 residents.

At the 2000 census, Scranton's 222 residents lived in 90 households.

Arkansas Highway 197 serves as Scranton's Main Street and runs southwest about ten miles to Subiaco, while Highway 109 passes through town as 5th Street toward U.S. Route 64 near Clarksville.

The Scranton School District serves more than 400 students at Scranton Elementary School (kindergarten through grade 6) and Scranton High School (grades 7 through 12).

The city covers about 0.51 square miles in the Arkansas River Valley foothills of northeastern Logan County.