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Stroudsburg, borough (town), seat of Monroe county, eastern Pennsylvania, U.S. A resort community, it lies along Brodhead Creek, adjacent to East Stroudsburg, in the Pocono Mountains area, near the Delaware River (there bridged to New Jersey). The site was first settled in 1760 by Colonel Jacob Stroud, builder of Fort Penn (1776). A number of survivors of the Wyoming massacre (July 1778) settled in the area. In 1806 Stroud’s son, Daniel, laid out Stroudsburg, which established a chartered form of government in 1815; it was named county seat in 1836 and was incorporated as a borough the following year. The ...(100 of 233 words)

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