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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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1880). 110 Bossardsville Road. Hamilton. Italianate/Eastlake.
2. Hamilton Lutheran Church (1829). 419 Bossardsville Road. Hamilton. Federal.
3. Keller House (c. 1830). 233 Bush Lane. Hamilton. Federal.
4. Fetherman Farm (c. 1830). 1263 Kemmertown Road. Hamilton. Federal.
5. Johan Zepper Farm (c. 1765/1892). 347 Quiet Valley Road. Hamilton.
6. Rinker House (c. 1830). 227 Smiley Road. Hamilton. Federal.
7. Peter Treible House (1832). River Road. Middle Smithfield. Razed.
8. Parkside Chapel (1893). 5335 Paradise Valley Road. Paradise. Romanesque.
9. Shupp Farm (c. 1840). 154 Mill Pond Road. Polk. Federal.
10. George Rilbernd Farm (c. 1830). 2061 Kunkletown Road. Ross. Greek Revival.
11. Remel Farm (c. 1810?). 7458 Mount Eaton Road. Ross.
12. John Ross Farm (c. 1810). 70 State Route 115. Ross. Federal.
13. Rhodes House (c. 1825). 6784 Cherry Valley Road. Stroud. Federal.

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