Kunkletown, Pennsylvania

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Kunkletown is a populated place in Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at latitude 40.848 and longitude -75.448, at an elevation of 528 feet. It is at ZIP Code 18058.

History

An 1845 book providing the first published reference refers to it as Kunklesville. Saying it bore "the name of its proprietor, [it] was started about 15 years ago, consisting of seven or eight dwellings, one tavern, one store, a school house, a German Reformed Church and a grist mill.^[1] A Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, newspaper refers to it as Kunkletown in December 1846.^[2]

Demographics

Kunkletown's population in the 2010 census was 9,464, of which 8,924 were Caucasian, 377 were African-American, 499 were Hispanic, 81 were Asian, 77 were Indian, 9 were Hawaiian, and 161 were other. The average home value in 2000 was $114,800, and the average household income that year was $44,580.^[3]

Notable natives

Gray Morrow, American illustrator (lived there at time of death; born in Fort Wayne, Indiana)

References

↑ Rupp, I. Daniel (1845). History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties. Via Rowland, Bob (August 21, 2004). "The Kunkles in Kunkletown, PA". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
↑ Rowland
↑ "Kunkletown, PA". ZIP-codes.com. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

External links

"PA Home Town Locator". HTL, Inc. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
Thomas, Daniel. "Attractions Near Kunkletown, PA". Demand Media via USA Today Travel. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Stroudsburg

Boroughs	Delaware Water Gap East Stroudsburg Mount Pocono Stroudsburg

Townships	Barrett Chestnuthill Coolbaugh Eldred Hamilton Jackson Middle Smithfield Paradise Pocono Polk Price Ross Smithfield Stroud Tobyhanna Tunkhannock

CDPs	Arlington Heights Brodheadsville Effort Emerald Lakes Gouldsboro‡ Indian Mountain Lake‡ Mountainhome Penn Estates Pocono Pines Saw Creek‡ Saylorsburg Sierra View Sun Valley

Unincorporated communities	Analomink Bartonsville Blakeslee Canadensis Cresco Gilbert Hamilton Square Jonas Kresgeville Kunkletown Long Pond Marshalls Creek Pocono Manor Pocono Summit Shawnee on Delaware Skytop Swiftwater Tannersville Tobyhanna

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county

Coordinates: 40°50′52″N 75°26′54″W / 40.84778°N 75.44833°W / 40.84778; -75.44833

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