WayfarrowBarbertown
Ghost town · Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Barbertown is a ghost town in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Lackawanna County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Barbertown as a historical populated place on the Avoca topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.3712° N, 75.7346° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Avoca |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 739 ft |
| Nearest living town | Old Forge, PA |
| Distance to it | 0.3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1782051 |
| Coordinates | 41.37119, -75.73464 |
What's there now
Barbertown is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Old Forge, PA (population 8,533), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 739 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
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- Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122covered bridge · Columbia County · 36.1 mi
- Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120covered bridge · Columbia County · 37.2 mi
- Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121covered bridge · Columbia County · 37.2 mi
- Fowlersville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Columbia County · 37.8 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.