Moosic is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The ZIP code is 18507.
Moosic at a Glance
Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024.
About Moosic
Moosic was set off from Lackawanna Township by a court decree of December 9, 1898, and organized as a borough the following year after the decree survived appeal. The name is believed to come from a Lenape word meaning elk place.
Coal mining was the borough's first industry, worked through a string of collieries along the valley. The Moosic Powder Company made black powder here, and DuPont later ran the powder mills for close to a century. The economy today runs on light manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and retail.
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Moosic is home to PNC Field, where the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders play as the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. Montage Mountain, just over the line in the City of Scranton, offers skiing, a waterpark, and a major outdoor concert venue. The historic Rocky Glen amusement park operated here for a century until the late 1980s. Former Congressman Matt Cartwright is among its residents.
Moosic sits about 3 miles south of Scranton along the Lackawanna River, in Lackawanna County, next to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. Its population was 5,959 at the 2020 census, and it has been one of the faster-growing communities in the valley. Newer subdivisions mix with coal-era housing along the Montage corridor.
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