Fell Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,345 at the 2020 census. Fell Township's principal settlement is Simpson, as of 2010 home to 1,275 people, mostly middle age and elderly. Although not usually considered by the locals, the upper part of Carbondale's West Side is actually in the southwestern …Fell Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,345 at the 2020 census. Fell Township's principal settlement is Simpson, as of 2010 home to 1,275 people, mostly middle age and elderly. Although not usually considered by the locals, the upper part of Carbondale's West Side is actually in the southwestern corner of the township. This area is home to a few hundred people, and is geographically separate from other settlements in Fell Township. The other settlements in Fell Township are the residential communities of Crystal Lake and Richmondale. Richmondale is currently home to 190 people. The original house in Simpson was the Morss Mansion on Lord Avenue, built in 1887. The house inspired Hank Williams' song "Mansion on the Hill". By 1974, the mansion was empty, and title of it and the surrounding property fell in the hands of the local volunteer fire company. Due to lack of maintenance, the mansion was in disrepair by the 1990s, and despite public outcry, the mansion was, tragically, torn down in the summer of 1998. The Grattan-Singer Hose Company then built a new fire house in the property.
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