Editing Duryea, Pennsylvania (section)

===Establishment===
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Forty original settlers arrived from [[Connecticut]] on February 8, 1769, and set up temporary cabins near the [[confluence]] of the [[Lackawanna River|Lackawanna]] and [[Susquehanna River|Susquehanna]] rivers, the area now at the southern end of Duryea Borough. One of the first settlers was Zebulon Marcy, from whom Marcy Township got its name. He built the first log cabin in 1770 on the west side of Duryea's present-day Main Street (not far from the [[Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Old Forge]] line). As more settlers located in the area, the development of mining caused the citizenry to petition for township status. Marcy Township was founded in 1880 with a population of 1,159. A census of the township in 1894 noted a population of 2,396 and 475 dwellings in a {{convert|400|acre|adj=on}} settlement. By the 1890s, the area was called Duryea. 
 
Duryea grew in population and listed 1,005 registered voters in 1901, when it petitioned for reorganization as a Pennsylvania [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]]. The Borough of Duryea was incorporated on May 28, 1901; it was named in honor of Hiram Duryea, an [[American Civil War]] general and owner of extensive tracts of land in sections of the country. He was a prominent figure in the [[starch]] industry, a coal operator, and an official of the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]]. It was the practice of this railroad to name its section stops after officials of the line, hence the name of Duryea. In one sense, like many communities in the country, the town is named after its railroad station.