Pinchot State Forest -Thornhurst Tract

About forestry service, 15074, Rochester, PA, US, Pennsylvania

Thornhurst Township is a small town 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. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.2 square miles (60.2 km2), of which 23.0 square miles (59.6 km2) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.6 km2) (1.03%) is water. It is located in the Pocono Mountains. 20 miles from Wilkes-Barre, 25 miles from Scranton and 30 miles from Stroudsburg. == Demographics == As of the census of 2010, there were 1,085 people, 431 households, and 303 families residing in the township. The population density was 47.2 people per square mile.