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Welcome to Shaffers Corners ...

Shaffers Corners is located in Lackawanna County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Shaffers Corners: Shaffers Cors.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Shaffers Corners for more information about variations on the name of Shaffers Corners.

Shaffers Corners is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shaffers Corners lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Shaffers Corners: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Shaffers Corners ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shaffers Corners.

  • Scranton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wilkes-Barre
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Dunmore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Kingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Nanticoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Carbondale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Forge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Archbald
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Blakely
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shaffers Corners. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shaffers Corners.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shaffers Corners. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shaffers Corners.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shaffers Corners. See our Newspapers Page for Shaffers Corners.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shaffers Corners ...

Looking for more information about Shaffers Corners? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Shaffers Corners, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shaffers Corners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lackawanna, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shaffers Corners - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Shaffers Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Shaffers Corners area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.