Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania

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Pocono Summit
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Pocono Summit Railroad Station
Coordinates: 41°06′39″N75°23′09″W / 41.11083°N 75.38583°W / 41.11083; -75.38583 Coordinates: 41°06′39″N75°23′09″W / 41.11083°N 75.38583°W / 41.11083; -75.38583
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
County Monroe
Townships Coolbaugh/Tobyhanna
Area
  Total16.1 sq mi (42 km2)
  Land15.4 sq mi (40 km2)
  Water.7 sq mi (2 km2)
Elevation
1,804 ft (550 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total2,964
  Density180/sq mi (71/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18346
Area code 570

Pocono Summit is a unincorporated community and census-designated place that is located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Parts of Pocono Summit are located in the municipalities of Coolbaugh and Tobyhanna townships.

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Geography

Pocono Summit is located at 41°6′39″N75°23′09″W / 41.11083°N 75.38583°W / 41.11083; -75.38583 (41.111, -75.386). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pocono Summit has a total area of 16.1 square miles (41.7 km2), 95% of it land.

Pocono Summit is home to Stillwater Lake and Pocono Summit Lake.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2000 2,131
2010 2,96439.1%

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,964 people living in the area.

Education

The Pocono Mountain School District's Sullivan Trail campus is located in Pocono Summit; the campus includes Pocono Mountain West High School and Pocono Mountain West Junior High School. [1]

Recreation

Pocono Summit is home to Camp Minsi, a Boy Scout camp located on the western shores of Stillwater Lake. The camp was first opened in 1949 and encompasses more than 1,200 acres (490  ha ). [2]

The area also includes portions of Pennsylvania State Game Lands 127.

Transportation

Pennsylvania State Route 940 passes over Pennsylvania State Route 314 in Pocono Summit. Interstate 380 runs north-south along the edge of the town.

Until the early 1960s, the Lackawanna Railroad's and then the Erie Lackawanna Railroad's Lake Cities, Phoebe Snow and Twilight made stops westbound at the Pocono Summit station; the Phoebe Snow and the Pocono Express made stops eastbound at the station. [3] [4] In the latter years of Erie Lackawanna passenger train through the Poconos, Pocono Summit was the last remaining station, between Scranton to the northwest and Cresco to the east, to have service, offering a stop on the Lake Cities westbound. [5]

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References

  1. "Pocono Mountain West High School". Pocono Mountain School District . Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  2. "Campminsi.org". Camp Minsi . Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  3. 'Lackawanna Railroad timetable, January 1, 1960, Table 3, 6 http://streamlinermemories.info/Eastern/Lackawanna60TT.pdf
  4. 'Official Guide of the Railways,' December 1964, Erie Lackawanna section, p. 247
  5. Erie Lackawanna June 15, 1969 timetable, Table 1