Place:East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameEast Stroudsburg
Alt namesBranchvillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42007420
Dansburysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.001°N 75.18°W
Located inMonroe, Pennsylvania, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state. Originally known as "Dansbury", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in town. Despite its name being derivative of its bordering borough, Stroudsburg, it has almost twice the population. East Stroudsburg is the largest municipality in Monroe County and in the East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area as designated by the Office of Management and Budget based on data from the 2010 US Census.

The population was 9,840 at the 2010 census.

East Stroudsburg is located northwest of Allentown, north of Philadelphia, and west of New York City.

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