User:Football3434/Minooka, Pennsylvania

Minooka, Pennsylvania Surrounding Municipalities- Moosic, Old Forge, Taylor, Scranton, Avoca, and Spring Brook Country-United States of America County- Lackawanna (Southwest) Population- Approximately 2,255 Zip Code(s)- 18505 Minooka, Pennsylvania is located in the Central Wyoming Valley or the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Area. Minooka is about 3.7 Miles from downtown Scranton, 5.5 Miles from Pittston, and 11.1 Miles from Wilkes-Barre. 99.6% of Minooka residents claim that English is their first language, 0.3% claim Spanish and 0.1% claim other Languages. 98.0% of Minooka claims to be white with no Hispanic background, 1.3% claim to be black, 0.5% claim to be Hispanic(Some White and Hispanic), and 0.2% of Minooka claims to be other. As far as religions go... 99.8% claim to be Roman Catholic and 0.2% claim to other religions.Minooka is known as a very Irish neighborhood due to many of Irish immigrants in the early 1900s. Minooka is also known for their many bars such as... The Minooka Pub, Joyce's Cafè (The Minooka Notre Dame Club), Diskin's Pub and Eatery, The Penalty Box, Suzy's Bar, O'Malley's Pub and Eatery, and Kelly's Pub and Eatery. Minooka also has their own baseball league called "Minooka Babe Ruth Little Leage". Minooka little league belongs to the Cal Ripken League as well as the Babe Ruth League. Visit Minooka! If you ever do go to PNC field and see a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders game or go to Montage Mountain. You could also visit the bars for some delectable mouthwatering Irish cuisine or wings.