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

Monroe County

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

1. Monroe County Marker

Inscription. Formed April 1, 1836 out of Northampton and Pike counties. Named for President James Monroe. Site of Indian raids, 1755-82, and of a segment of Sullivan's March. Pocono Mountains famed as a resort area. County seat, Stroudsburg, was incorporated in 1815.

Erected 1983 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 1, 1973.

Location. 40° 59.196′ N, 75° 11.686′ W. Marker is in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of Monroe Street and 7th Street on Monroe Street. The marker is in front of Monroe County Courthouse at Mattioli Circle. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stroudsburg PA 18360, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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: Grand Army of the Republic Wadsworth Post #150 (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Monroe County "Boys in Blue" Honored Dead (a few steps from this marker);

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9/11 Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Monroe County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County World War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Hollinshead House (within shouting distance of this marker); A. Mitchell Palmer (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stroudsburg.

Also see . . . MarkerQuest - Monroe County. Information about the history of Monroe County. (Submitted on July 28, 2021, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

2. Monroe County Marker

Monroe County Courthouse-Front view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

3. Monroe County Courthouse-Front view

World War I Memorial Marker in front of Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

4. World War I Memorial Marker in front of Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on July 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 739 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 10, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.