Once a booming coal mining town
Scranton (population 724) is now a small, quiet, “bedroom” community
located fifteen miles south of Topeka on the Santa Fe Trail (US Hwy
56). Scranton is surrounded by assiduous farm land and is a
wonderful place to reside with a peaceful small town environment and
the convenience of the “city” just a short drive away.
There is a proficient grade school in town and a prominent consolidated high school five miles east of town (the
Santa Fe Trail Chargers). With the small “student to teacher ratio” and
the devotion of the staff, students flourish in the erudite atmosphere.
There are after school programs and winter sports during the school
year as well as a summer library during the break. On any given summer
night the cheering supporters can be heard from the city ball park as
the local ball association hosts the nightly games.
Scranton is home to four local
churches.
The Scranton Evangelical Covenant, Lighthouse Assembly of God, Scranton
United Methodist Church and Saint Patrick Catholic Church. All have
weekly services/mass that also include a variety of activities some of
which are Sunday school classes, adult bible studies, and youth groups.
The business district accommodates a
convenience store, bank, café, restaurant, saloon, post office,
telephone company, consignment store, tire/auto repair shop, auto
sales, car wash, dog grooming, knife sharpening, variety store, cabinet
shop, storage units, two construction businesses, three antique stores,
fire department, city maintenance shop, and the city municipal
offices.
The community is made up primarily of
single family housing, several rental properties, two mobile home parks
and an income based apartment complex for the aging and disabled.
Whether you are looking for a quite
place to retire or a safe family oriented community to raise a family,
Scranton is the place for you!
Thank you for visiting our website.
Hopefully you will return often and check out the changes and updates
we have planned for the future. We hope you enjoyed it and
found it to be informative but most of all we hope to meet you in
person someday soon.
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