Stroudsburg, PA

On August 31, 1837, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, became the county seat of Monroe County. Stroudsburg, incorporated as a borough in 1815, was named for a settler, Colonel Jacob Stroud. Jacob Stroud built a stockade in 1776, called Fort Penn. In 1778, Fort Penn provided protection for survivors of the Wyoming Massacre. Stroud's home on 9th and Main Streets is now a museum operated by the Monroe County Historical Association The courthouse was also built in 1837. A public water system, with water from the Delaware Valley, was completed in Stroudsburg in 1868.

Stroudsburg's population is approximately 5,312.  Its 4.6 sq. kilometers is in Monroe County, near the New Jersey border in northeastern Pennsylvania. Most of Monroe County was settled in the 18th century.  The oldest settlement is the borough of East Stroudsburg.

Transportation is the key to development and marketing.  From stagecoach, wagon, and boat transportation to the railroad in 1856, opportunities have been available for Stroudsburg.  Its people have responded.

Tourism thrives in this area of much natural beauty. The Pocono Mountains and proximity to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Big Pocono State Park, Gouldsboro State Park and Tobyhanna State Park, Pocono International Raceway, and Tobyhanna Army Depot, with clean streams, and fresh air, are a magnet to surrounding industrialized and manufacturing areas.