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Monroe County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- April 1, 1836
- Named after
- James Monroe 270
- Seat
- Stroudsburg
- Largest township
- Coolbaugh Township
- Total
- 617 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 608 sq mi (1,570 km )
- Water
- 9.0 sq mi (23 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 167,179
- Density
- 270/sq mi (100/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 7th , 8th
- Website
- http://www.monroecountypa.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 168327
- Area
- 1599
- Official website
- www.co.monroe.pa.us
- Image
- Monroe County Courthouse Nov 09.jpg
- Households
- 59950
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- Commons category
- Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1836-04-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Monroe County
- per capita income
- 31954
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Monroe County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,327. Its county seat is Stroudsburg. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. The county was formed from sections of Northampton and Pike counties on April 1, 1836. It was named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.
The county borders Northampton County and the Lehigh Valley to its south, Pike and Wayne counties to its north, Carbon and Luzerne counties to its west, and the Delaware River and Warren County, New Jersey to its east. It is part of the New York metropolitan area, but also receives media from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia radio and television markets.