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, for the kindergartner to the eighth
grader, in town (the Scranton Colts) 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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