Simpson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place[3] in Fell Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

It is named after Clarence D. Simpson, who was one of the large independent coal magnates in the Northern Anthracite Region.

The crowning sports achievement came in 1946 when the Fell High School basketball team won the state championship.

The final class graduated from Fell High School in 1975 when a merger formed the Carbondale Area District.

[4] Simpson is in northeastern Lackawanna County, in the southern part of Fell Township.