Current Listings in Archbald
A selection of active properties.
Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates ('24).
Archbald was settled by Welsh farmers by the 1830s and incorporated as a borough in 1877, carved from Blakely Township. It is named for James Archbald, a chief engineer of the Delaware and Hudson and the first mayor of Carbondale.
Coal mining was for decades almost the only industry. The Delaware and Hudson opened the White Oak mine in 1845, and the Gravity Railroad tied the town to Carbondale and Scranton, making it an important center in the mid-valley.
Archbald is home to Archbald Pothole State Park, which preserves a glacial pothole about 38 feet deep, discovered by a coal miner in 1884. The borough is part of the Valley View School District and includes the villages of Eynon and Sturges. Natives include MLB pitcher Max Kranick and writer Anthony Esolen.
Archbald sits about 10 miles northeast of Scranton along the Lackawanna River, in Lackawanna County, and is one of the larger boroughs by land area. Its population was 7,297 at the 2020 census. A mix of coal-era and newer homes makes it a stable, family-oriented Mid Valley market.
A selection of active properties.
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