The Borough of Dorranceton merged with the Borough of Kingston sometime in the 1920s and ceased to exist as a separate local government. I believe that the state legislature's document approving the merger, signed and sealed by the Pennsylvania Governor of the time, is still in the vault at the Kingston Municipal Building. I saw it in a frame in there once a few years ago.
The former Dorranceton High School, later taken over by the Kingston School District, then the Wyoming Valley West School District, now sits as a long vacant decayed structure at Rutter Avenue and East Dorrance
Street in Kingston. It is now privately owned and efforts are underway to convert it to apartments. "Dorranceton High School" is still carved over the front doors.
The former Kingston High School located on Chester Street, is now home to the Wyoming Valley West School District Middle School. "Kingston High School" is still carved over the front doors.
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