Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

Official Website

The county was formed in 1836 and named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.

The Tobyhanna Army Depot, the US Department of Defense's largest center for the repair and fabrication of electronic systems, is located in Monroe County.

The US headquarters for Sanofi Pasteur, a vaccine manufacturer, is also in Monroe County. The facility was originally established in 1897 by Brooklyn native Richard M. Slee as the Pocono Biological Laboratories. It was the first and only company in the United States to produce a new glycerolized smallpox vaccine from France and, in 1898, it provided all of the vaccines used in Cuba during the Spanish–American War.

Adjacent Counties

• Carbon County
• Luzerne County
• Lackawanna County
• Wayne County
• Pike County
• Sussex County, NJ
• Warren County, NJ

Boroughs & Townships

• Barrett
• Chestnuthill
• Coolbaugh
• Delaware Water Gap
• East Stroudsburg
• Eldred
• Hamilton
• Jackson
• Middle Smithfield
• Mount Pocono
• Paradise
• Pocono
• Polk
• Price
• Ross
• Smithfield
• Stroud
• Stroudsburg (County Seat)
• Tobyhanna
• Tunkhannock

Other Communities: Analomink, Appenzell, Arlington Heights, Bartonsville, Blakeslee, Bossardsville, Brodheadsville, Canadensis, Cherry Valley, Cresco, Effort, Emerald Lakes, Gouldsboro, Hamilton Square, Henryville, Indian Mountain Lake (part), Jonas, Kellersville, Kemmertown, Kresgeville, Kunkletown, Long Pond, Marshalls Creek, McIlhaney, McMichaels, Meistertown, Mountainhome, Neola, Paradise Valley, Pocono: Estates, Manor, Pines and Summit, Reeders, Saw Creek (part), Saylorsburg, Sciota, Scotrun, Shawnee on Delaware, Sierra View, Skytop, Snydersville, South Stroudsburg, Sun Valley, Swiftwater and Tannersville

Historic Resorts

• Inn at Buckhill Falls - Closed in 1990
• Pocono Manor - Burned down in 2019
• Skytop Lodge - Built in 1928
• The Buckwood Inn - Renamed the Shawnee Inn
• Mount Airy Lodge - Closed in 2001 and reopened in 2007 as the Mount Airy Casino Resort & Spa

Links

Wikipedia

Nat'l Reg. of Hist. Places

Genealogy Trails

Cherry Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge