Peckville, Pennsylvania Explained

Peckville is a village in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, roughly northwest of Scranton. The governing borough of Peckville is Blakely.^[1]

Peckville was named for Samuel Peck, who moved to northeastern Pennsylvania from Massachusetts in 1831, and built a saw and grist mill at the site of the current village. His son John D. Peck was a bank president in Peckville. In the early 1900s, Peckville had a weekly newspaper, The Peckville Journal, a public school, and the Peckville National Bank.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Blakely, Pennsylvania

41.4764°N -75.5733°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . 1911 . 972–975 . en.
2. Book: Hitchcock, Frederick Lyman . History of Scranton and Its People . 1914 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 349-351, 418-420 . en.
3. Book: Murphy, Thomas F. . Jubilee History: Commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Creation of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania ... . 1928 . Historical Publishing Company . 464 . en.