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Stroudsburg was laid out by Colonel Jacob Stroud in 1799. Stroud's family founded Stroudsburg in the mid-1700s, and the town was incorporated on February 5, 1815. [3] Stroudsburg was the location of the lynching of Richard Puryear in March 1894. A Black railroad worker accused of murdering a white storekeeper, Puryear was lynched by a mostly ...
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has also designated Monroe County as part of the larger Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area. [16] As of the 2020 US Census, the population of the CSA was 1,030,216, making it the third most populous Combined Statistical Area in Pennsylvania, and the 59th most populous in ...
The Delaware Valley Railway was an American railroad that ran from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in Monroe County north along the Delaware River Valley to Bushkill in Pike County from 1901 to 1937. [1] The railroad began as a project to link Stroudsburg with Port Jervis, New York to the north, with plans to transport coal to New England via ...
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.
Academy Hill Historic District is a national historic district located in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Bordered by Sarah, 8th, Fulmer, and 5th streets, the district encompasses 180 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Stroudsburg. [2] [3] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Stroudsburg–Pocono Airport (IATA: ESP, FAA LID: N53) was a privately owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of East Stroudsburg, a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. [2]
Monroe County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1890, and is a three-story, ashlar sandstone and limestone building measuring 65 feet (20 m) wide and 180 feet (55 m) long. It is in the Romanesque Revival style.
Stroud Mall is a shopping mall located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It is located in The Poconos region of Pennsylvania, just a few minutes from the New Jersey border adjacent to Pennsylvania Route 611 and Interstate 80 exit 305. It is anchored by J. C. Penney, ShopRite, and EFO Furniture Outlet.