Dickson City is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, 4 miles (6 km) north of Scranton.

[4] Once dominated by coal mines, this borough has in recent times become the center of a thriving retail corridor focused along Business Route 6 and around the Viewmont Mall.

Most of the newer retail complexes are located along Viewmont Drive and Commerce Boulevard, both built by developers to access the borough's vast dormant coal lands.

After Route 6 (also named the Scranton/Carbondale Highway), Main Street serves as the borough's other major thoroughfare.

It features a slightly older stock of stores, bars, professional offices and homes.

Plans to build a bond-financed municipal golf course on the land launched during the early 2000s were scuttled after some borough council members campaigned against that form of borrowing and won the majority of seats.

The land was seized by a local bank after interim loans went unpaid, but because the state stipulated that it has to remain in the hands of a municipality, neighboring borough Dunmore snapped it up.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12 km2), all land.

Interstate 81 has two commercially-important exits in Dickson City—one with Main Avenue and one with the old 6 (the Scranton-Carbondale Highway.)

The geographic location of the center of business dictates the revenue, according to Pennsylvania tax law.

When requested the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, Lackawanna County SWAT, the Pennsylvania State Police (Dunmore Barracks), and neighboring municipal jurisdictions will assist borough police officers if additional law enforcement resources are needed.

[14] The department is the only fire company in Dickson City Borough and is staffed by 100% volunteer firefighters.

1 also has mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire departments to provide assistance to their coverage areas when requested.

[15] Pennsylvania Ambulance primarily renders emergency medical services (EMS) to borough residents and visitors.

Pennsylvania Ambulance is a paid service that currently offers both basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) services with 25 ambulances, seven quick response vehicles, one physician response vehicle, one ATV for off-road rescue, one special operations/rehab vehicle, ten wheelchair vans and one ten-passenger bus.

Emergency services were previously provided by the Dickson City Community Ambulance Association, which was disbanded in 2020.

It is also responsible for the dispatch and radio communication of all police, fire, and EMS services in Lackawanna County.