Thornhurst’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Thornhurst. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusThornhurst Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,012 at the 2020 census. The area is a part of the Pocono Mountains region. The township was established in 1878 as Lehigh Township, so named for the Lehigh River. In 1996, to eliminate confusion between this and the township of the same name in Wayne County, the township changed its name to Thornhurst, the name of a community within the southern portion of the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,085 to 1,008 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Thornhurst yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Thornhurst’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Thornhurst’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPond Creek Bridge, Spanning Pond …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Thornhurst
See all 19 →Thornhurst, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Thornhurst is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Thornhurst has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bear Creek Village Historic District in Bear Creek Village, 7.7 miles away.
Thornhurst and the nearest listed places
Closest to Thornhurst
Bear Creek Village Historic DistrictBear Creek Village · District7.7miFort Pittston SchoolPittston · Building12.2mi
Williams, Roger, Public School No. 10Scranton · Building12.9mi
Lackawanna Mills and Scranton Button Historic DistrictScranton · District13mi
Harrison Avenue BridgeScranton · Structure13.1miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pond Creek Bridge, Spanning Pond Creek at Bear Lake Road (State Route 2016) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.