Bushkill, Pennsylvania

Bushkill, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Former Bushkill Dutch Reformed Church
Bushkill
Coordinates: 41°05′36″N75°00′07″W / 41.09333°N 75.00194°W / 41.09333; -75.00194
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Pike
Township	Lehman
Elevation	377 ft (115 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	18324, 18371
Area codes	570 and 272
GNIS feature ID	1170770 [1]

Bushkill is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[1]

Portions of Bushkill were seized by the United States government during the controversial Tocks Island Dam project and are now part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. ^[2]

Bushkill's transportation options are somewhat limited. It is served by Monroe County Transit Authority's Yellow Line, and the Port Jervis Station just above the border of the State of New York and Pennsylvania, where U.S. Route 209 enters New York. The station is the terminal station of Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line, and it is operated by NJ Transit. NJ Transit plans to reopen the East Stroudsburg Station in nearby East Stroudsburg.

Notable people

• Frank Schoonover - American artist who maintained a summer studio on Little Bushkill Creek ^[3]
• Harold Auten - awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918 for sinking a German U-boat, lived in Bushkill for thirty years, where he owned a hotel and cinema.

See also

• Camp Tamiment
• Mont Lawn Camp

References

1. "Tamiment". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "The Legacy of Tocks Island Dam - Looking back, feelings are still bitter and little things still stand out".
3. "Frank E. Schoonover negatives". Hagley Digital Archives . Retrieved February 27, 2018.