Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1836
Parent counties: Northampton and Pike

Namesake: James Monroe, U.S. president
Seat: Stroudsburg (1836–)

Land area: 608 square miles

Population (2020): 168,327

Population (historic): 9,879 (1840); 16,758 (1860); 20,175 (1880); 21,161 (1900); 28,286 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1890–2010

Subdivisions: Four boroughs; 12 CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,992 (9.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,531
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,631
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,818
Average farm size (1920): 48.5 acres
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Stroudsburg

Namesake: Jacob Stroud, owner of the city site

Founding: 1799 (platting); 1803 (post office); 1815 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,927

Population (historic): 407 (1840); 1,315 (1860); 1,860 (1880); 3,450 (1900); 5,961 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1950; 1980–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,147 (45.1%)
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