Editing Ransom Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Ransom Township was established in [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]] in 1849, formed from parts of [[Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Exeter]] and [[Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Newton]] townships. The township is named for Samuel Ransom, a captain who fought and died at the nearby [[Battle of Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stephens |first1=J Benjamin |title=History and Directory of Newton and Ransom Townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |date=1872 |pages=167 |url=https://archive.org/details/historydirectory00step/page/166/mode/2up |accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> It became part of [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Lackawanna County]] when that county was formed in 1878.