Thornhurst

Created in 1878 when the incorporation of Lackawanna County from Luzerne County split Buck Township in half. The eastern portion of Buck Township, now in the new county, was named Lehigh in 1880, after the Lehigh River. The township officially changed its name to Thornhurst in 1996 to end years of confusion with neighboring Lehigh Township in Wayne County. Lumbering was the major industry, tree bark supplying tanneries at Gouldsboro. Isaac Lewis was the pioneer settler in 1842. Thornhurst remains the only village in the township.