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== Lackawanna County Poor Districts ==
 
== Lackawanna County Poor Districts ==
  
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In Pennsylvania the almshouse typically consisted of a single County Poor Farm which provided refuge for all paupers of said county. Lackawanna, and a few other counties, acted as an exception to this rule of administration and instead divided the county into separate poor districts, each with their own almshouse. Lackawanna County was divided into five separate poor-districts with five separate poor houses. These were the Blakely Poor-House, [[Carbondale City Poor-House]], [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]], [[Northern Luzerne Poor-House]], and the [[Ransom Poor-House]], which incorporated in its poor district three townships and four boroughs of Luzerne County.
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In Pennsylvania the almshouse typically consisted of a single County Poor Farm which provided refuge for all paupers of said county. Lackawanna, and a few other counties, acted as an exception to this rule of administration and instead divided the county into separate poor districts, each with their own almshouse. Lackawanna County was divided into five separate poor-districts with five separate poor houses. These were the Blakely Poor-House, [[Carbondale City Poor-House]], [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]], [Northern Luzerne Poor-House]], and the [[Ransom Poor-House]], which incorporated in its poor district three townships and four boroughs of Luzerne County.
  
 
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