Headnote
MONROE COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of Pennsylvania, with Delaware river on the southeast. Area, 750 square miles. Face of the country mountainous. Seat of justice, Stroudsburgh. Pop. in 1840, 9,879; in 1850, 13,270. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Pennsylvania

Monroe County, Pennsylvania (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MONROE COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of Pennsylvania, with Delaware river on the southeast. Area, 750 square miles. Face of the country mountainous. Seat of justice, Stroudsburgh. Pop. in 1840, 9,879; in 1850, 13,270.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 231.
Name Type
Stroudsburg, PA City or Town
Tannersville, PA City or Town
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