Stroudsburg in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Jacob Stroud

1735-1806

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

1. Jacob Stroud Marker

Inscription. Colonel in the militia and Revolutionary patriot. He stockaded his home as Fort Penn. Member, state constitutional convention, 1776, and state legislature, 1781-1783. He founded Stroudsburg in 1799; he and his son Daniel then laid out the town

Erected 1991 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 40° 59.231′ N, 75° 11.72′ W. Memorial is in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of Sarah Street and 7th Street on Sarah Street. The marker is located in front of the Fire Station/Municipal Building. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Stroudsburg PA 18360, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Pocono Mountains

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A. Mitchell Palmer (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grand Army of the Republic Wadsworth Post #150 (about 300 feet away); Monroe County "Boys in Blue" Honored Dead (about

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300 feet away); Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away); 9/11 Memorial (about 300 feet away); Monroe County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away); Monroe County World War Memorial (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stroudsburg.

Also see . . . MarkerQuest - Colonel Jacob Stroud. Information about the life of Stroudsburg's founder. (Submitted on May 5, 2021, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

2. Jacob Stroud Marker

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

3. Jacob Stroud Marker

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 4, 2019

4. Jacob Stroud Marker

Viewing marker from the north.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,092 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 10, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4. submitted on August 7, 2019. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.