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.
Cashtown-McKnightstown was a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was the 2000 United States Census area designated by obsolete Census Code 11588 and has been replaced by the CDPs of Cashtown and McKnightstown, which the USGS designated as separate named places on August 30, 2010.
Hamilton Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,788 at the 2010 census, up from 8,949 at the 2000 census.
Dorneyville is a census-designated place located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. Dorneyville is located just west of Allentown, Pennsylvania in South Whitehall Township and Salisbury Township. Dorneyville is located off Interstate 78 and is home to the northern terminus of U.S. Route 222. It is split between the Allentown zip codes of 18103 and 18104.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
William Addison Duncan was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Temple is a census-designated place in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States at an elevation of 361 feet (110 m). The community was named for a local inn called Solomon's Temple. Temple was an independent borough until it was disincorporated on January 1, 1999. The ZIP code is 19560. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,877 residents.
WFKJ is a Christian radio station licensed to Cashtown, Pennsylvania, broadcasting on 890 kHz AM. The station which only operates during daytime hours serves Adams County, Pennsylvania and is owned by Jesus Is Lord Ministries International. WFKJ's programming consists of Christian talk and teaching along with Christian music, with a portion of its programming from the Oasis Radio Network.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Hill's Tavern is a historic building in Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania. It was heavily damaged by a fire that started shortly before midnight on August 17, 2015. For a period in the early 1900s, the inn was known as Central Hotel. Now called the Century Inn, it has been claimed to have been the oldest tavern in continuous use on the National Road, until the fire brought an end to its 221 years of continuous operation.
The 1820s Malden Inn and John Krepps Tavern is a historic building in the unincorporated bedroom community of Malden, Pennsylvania at the junction of South Malden Road and Old U.S. Route 40 (US40), the historic Cumberland Pike. The Inn's Malden location along the western part of the Amerindian trail known as Nemacolin's Path transformed into a wagon road linking the river ford between Brownsville–West Brownsville with the former frontier towns of Washington, Pennsylvania and Wheeling, West Virginia, where the Emigrant Trail then allowed an easy crossing the Ohio River. The Inn had a good commercial site astride the old National Pike about three miles west of the long climb up from West Brownsville and Denbo Heights, PA being located at the former junction of Malden Road connecting northwards to Coal Center and California situated about half-the-way to Centerville from the Brownsville ford and the ferry terminus below Blainsburg just North-northeast of West Brownsville.
The following are reportedly haunted locations in Pennsylvania:
McKnightstown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formerly part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP as of the 2000 census, and was then split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census the population was 226.
Ship Inn is a historic inn and tavern located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1796, and is a two-story, six bay, Georgian style stone building with brick chimneys. The main block measures 50 feet by 37 feet, with a rear kitchen wing measuring 29 feet by 20 feet. It remained in operation as an inn until 1854. In the 20th century, a restaurant opened in the building.
Laughlintown is an unincorporated community in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Laughlintown is located on U.S. Route 30 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Ligonier. Laughlintown has a post office with ZIP code 15655, which opened on May 16, 1825.
Thornton is an unincorporated community spanning Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
