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East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and part of the Pocono Mountains region of the state. Originally known as Dansbury, East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in East Stroudsburg. Despite its name being derivative of its bordering borough, Stroudsburg, it has almost twice the population.
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East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Borough | |
![]() East Stroudsburg's borough hall | |
![]() Location of East Stroudsburg in Monroe County, Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 41°00′05″N 75°10′48″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Monroe |
Founded | 1738 |
Area | |
• Borough | 2.86 sq mi (7.41 km2) |
• Land | 2.84 sq mi (7.37 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
Elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
Population | |
• Borough | 9,669 |
• Density | 3,399.79/sq mi (1,312.58/km2) |
• Metro | 176,567 μSA |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 18301-18302 |
Area code | 570 |
FIPS code | 42-21872 |
Website | eaststroudsburgboro |
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East Stroudsburg is the largest municipality in Monroe County and in the East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area[3]
As of the 2020 census, the population of East Stroudsburg was 9,847.[4]
East Stroudsburg is located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Allentown, 102 miles (164 km) north of Philadelphia, and 75 miles (121 km) west of New York City.