Jim Thorpe
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borough and county seat of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Carbon
- Mayor
- Mike Sofranko
- Total
- 14.92 sq mi (38.64 km )
- Land
- 14.60 sq mi (37.81 km )
- Water
- 0.32 sq mi (0.83 km )
- Elevation
- 730 ft (220 m)
- Density
- 309/sq mi (119.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 42-025-38200
- Gnis id
- 1178082 , 1215045
- Website
- www .jimthorpe .org , www .jtborough .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Jim Thorpe
- Official name
- Jim Thorpe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Carbon County
- Population
- 4507
- Area
- 38.639798
- Elevation
- 730
- Capital of
- Carbon County
- Image
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh Broadway 2898px.jpg
- Households
- 2120
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- Commons category
- Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 18229
- name
- Мауч Чънк
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- native label
- Jim Thorpe
- water area
- 0.830624
- water as percent of area
- 2.1497
- per capita income
- 29876
- different from
- Jim Thorpe
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Encyclopedic overview
Jim Thorpe, known as Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk until 1954, is a borough in and the county seat of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is the burial site of Native American sports legend Jim Thorpe, who had no connection with the town in his lifetime. As of the 2020 census, Jim Thorpe had a population of 4,507.
Jim Thorpe is located in the Pocono Mountains, approximately 29 miles (47 km) northwest of Allentown, 83 miles (134 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 117 miles (188 km) west of New York City.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jim Thorpe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.