Barbertown

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · PENNSYLVANIA

A historical populated place in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Barbertown
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Pennsylvania
County: Lackawanna County
USGS Map: Avoca
Coordinates: 41.3711906, -75.7346366
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GNIS Feature ID: 1782051

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Now part of Old Forge

Also recorded as

Barber Town

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1782051. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Map U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:62,500-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known):
Text Bullinger's Postal and Shippers Guide Bullinger's Postal and Shippers Guide. St. Louis, MO: Alber Leland Publishing, published annually in multiple volumes. A comprehensive US-Canadian transportation resource designed to help shippers, carriers, libraries and others. Prior to 1994, the publication was leased. Use code US-T123/YYYY/p#.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.