Clarks Summit
Summit Above Scranton · Est. 1911
Clarks Summit is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The ZIP code is 18411.
Clarks Summit at a Glance
Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024.
About Clarks Summit
Clarks Summit traces to Deacon William Clark, who settled the Abington wilderness in 1799. The village grew into a Scranton commuter suburb after the Northern Electric Railway trolley began running on July 1, 1907, and it incorporated as a borough on August 30, 1911.
Clarks Summit is the commercial center of the Abingtons, the cluster of suburbs north and northwest of Scranton. Its walkable downtown along State Street is known for independent shops rather than chains.
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The borough is served by the well-regarded Abington Heights School District and the Abington Community Library. Clarks Summit University, founded in New York in 1932 and moved to neighboring South Abington Township in 1968, operated just outside the borough until it closed in 2024. Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon, born in Scranton in 1989, grew up in Clarks Summit.
Clarks Summit sits about 7 miles northwest of Scranton in Lackawanna County, near Interstate 81 and the Turnpike. Its population was 5,107 at the 2020 census. It is one of the area's most sought-after suburbs, with housing that ranges from 1920s cottages to custom Colonial homes.
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