cono ▁Mountains . ▁L ack aw anna ▁County ▁is ▁located ▁approximately ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁border ▁in ▁Mont ague , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁and ▁also ▁located ▁approximately ▁ ▁from ▁up state ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁W inds or , ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁L ack aw anna ▁County ▁is ▁a ▁region ▁that ▁was ▁developed ▁for ▁iron ▁production ▁and ▁anth rac ite ▁coal ▁min ing ▁in ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁with ▁its ▁peak ▁of ▁coal ▁production ▁reached ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Sc r anton , ▁then ▁still ▁part ▁of ▁Lu zer ne ▁County , ▁became ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁min ing ▁and ▁industry . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁L ack aw anna ▁Iron ▁and ▁Co al ▁Company , ▁which ▁later ▁began ▁to ▁produce ▁steel ▁using ▁the ▁B ess emer ▁process . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Sc r anton ▁General ▁St rike , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁managed ▁by ▁William ▁Walker ▁Sc r anton , ▁whose ▁father ▁had ▁been ▁president ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁Two ▁of ▁his ▁c ous ins ▁had ▁been ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁and ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁The ▁county ▁was ▁created ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 8 7 8 , ▁following ▁dec ades ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁gain ▁its ▁independence ▁from ▁Lu zer ne ▁County . ▁( The ▁courts ▁were ▁organized ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 8 7 8 .) ▁It ▁is ▁Pennsylvania ' s ▁last ▁county