Acahela, Pennsylvania

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Acahela is an historic community located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It had a summer post office that operated from 1930 until 1944.^[1]

Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 169,842. Its county seat is Stroudsburg. The county was formed from sections of Northampton and Pike counties. Named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, the county is located in northeastern Pennsylvania, along its border with New Jersey. Monroe County is coterminous with the East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, within the Greater New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area. It also borders the Lehigh Valley and has connections to the Delaware Valley, being a part of Philadelphia's Designated Media Market.

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.

Camp Acahela is a 242-acre year-round camp operated by the Boy Scouts of America near the confluence of the Lehigh River and Tobyhanna Creek in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County. It is located at 41°07′13″N75°38′12″W / 41.1202°N 75.6367°W / 41.1202; -75.6367 .

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations and youth organizations in the United States, with about 2.4 million youth participants and about one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, about 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.

The Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, is a 109-mile-long (175 km) river located in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. Part of the Lehigh, along with a number of its tributaries, is designated a Pennsylvania Scenic River by the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. "Lehigh" is an Anglicization of the Lenape name for the river, Lechewuekink, meaning "where there are forks".

Tobyhanna Creek is a 29.9-mile-long (48.1 km) tributary of the Lehigh River in the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.

Sources

Journal of the American Philatelist, published monthly. State College, Pennsylvania. 072000/p647

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East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos 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 town. It lies east of Stroudsburg and is more populous than that town. East Stroudsburg is the largest municipality in Monroe County and in the East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area as designated by the Office of Management and Budget based on data from the 2010 US Census.

Mount Pocono is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located nearly centered in the southernmost county of five in the northeast corner that are part of the Poconos Mountains region of the state. The borough serves as a local highway nexus, and sees a lot of tourist traffic making use of resources in the region.

Tobyhanna Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,554 at the 2010 census. Tobyhanna Township has Tobyhanna Elementary Center and Locust Lake Village.

Skytop is an unincorporated community in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located north of Mountainhome, it is accessible by local roads off Route 390. Its elevation is 1,562 feet (476 m), and it is located at 41°13′40″N75°14′18″W. Although Skytop is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 18357; the ZCTA for ZIP Code 18357 had a population of 87 at the 2000 census.

Tobyhanna Army Depot, is a logistics center for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), specializing in electronic systems and located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, near Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Established February 1, 1953, as Tobyhanna Signal Depot, today it is a facility for the repair, upgrade and integration of Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems for all branches of the Armed Forces.

Tobyhanna State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 5,440 acres (2,201 ha) mostly in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, with a small portion of the park in Dreher and Lehigh townships in Wayne County, all in Pennsylvania in the United States. The park includes the 170-acre (69 ha) Tobyhanna Lake and a portion of Tobyhanna Creek. It is located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of the town of Tobyhanna, with the main park entrance on Pennsylvania Route 423, and a portion that borders on Pennsylvania Route 196. The park lies immediately adjacent to Gouldsboro State Park, Pennsylvania State Game Lands 312, and State Game Land 127.

Resica Falls Scout Reservation is a camp in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania operated by the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Tunkhannock Creek is a 19.2-mile-long (30.9 km) tributary of Tobyhanna Creek in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.

Gouldsboro State Park is a 2,880-acre (1,165 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County and Lehigh Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park includes the 250-acre (100 ha) Gouldsboro Lake. Gouldsboro State Park is located very close to Tobyhanna State Park and Pennsylvania State Game Lands 127 and 312. It is on Pennsylvania Route 507 near the small village of Gouldsboro.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Council, with headquarters in Moosic, Pennsylvania, formed in 1990 from the merger of Forest Lakes Council and Penn Mountains Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It covers the metropolitan area of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The council serves Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne, Wyoming counties, and portions of Susquehanna county.

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Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania Unincorporated area in Pennsylvania, United States

Pocono Summit is a small town located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Parts of Pocono Summit are located in the municipalities of Coolbaugh and Tobyhanna townships.

Argus is an unincorporated community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Unite States. It operated a United States Post Office until 1953.

Emerald Lakes is a census-designated place located in Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock Townships in Monroe County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located near Interstates 80 and 380. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,886 residents.

Blakeslee is an unincorporated community in Tobyhanna Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Blakeslee is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 115 and Pennsylvania Route 940.

Trout Lake is a 89.7-acre (36.3 ha) reservoir in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The man-made lake is fed by the Appenzell Creek and is part of the McMichael Creek Subwatershed. The lake is at an elevation of 938 feet (286 m)

Pimple Hill is a summit in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States, with an elevation of 2,198 feet (670 m).

Pocono Lake Preserve is an unincorporated private development located in Tobyhanna Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Pocono Lake Preserve is located on the north shore of Pocono Lake south of Pennsylvania Route 940 between Blakeslee and Pocono Pines.

References

↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Acahela Post Office (historical)". usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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[usgs-1] "Feature Detail Report for: Acahela Post Office (historical)". usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 January 2014.