Pittston

E481156
borough municipality

Pittston is a small borough in northeastern Pennsylvania known historically for its role in the anthracite coal mining industry and its location along the Susquehanna River.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Pittston, Pennsylvania 2
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf borough ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
governingBody Pittston City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasAreaCode 272 ⓘ
570 ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasEconomicTransition post-coal economy diversification ⓘ
hasHistoricalEconomicBase coal mining ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
railroad transportation ⓘ
hasNearbyCommunity Avoca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duryea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jenkins Township NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Pittston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yatesville NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyRiverConfluence confluence of the Susquehanna and Lackawanna Rivers ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 18640 ⓘ
18641 ⓘ
hasRiverFloodRisk Susquehanna River flooding ⓘ
historicalIndustry anthracite coal mining ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor anthracite coal shipping ⓘ
coal breaker operations ⓘ
railroad yards ⓘ
isPartOfStatisticalArea Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan statistical area NERFINISHED ⓘ
isServedBy Pennsylvania Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 315 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAlongTransportationCorridor Interstate 81 corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Luzerne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInCountySeatRegion Luzerne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicProvince Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Scranton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNearAirport Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Susquehanna River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Wyoming Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Coal Region of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverValley Susquehanna River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
usesTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
usesTimeZoneDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luzerne County → containsBorough → Pittston ⓘ
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area → containsCity → Pittston ⓘ
Wyoming Valley → containsCity → Pittston ⓘ
Northeastern Pennsylvania → hasCity → Pittston ⓘ
Lackawanna River → passesNear → Pittston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittston, Pennsylvania
John D. MacArthur → placeOfBirth → Pittston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittston, Pennsylvania
Russell Bufalino → residence → Pittston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States