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Revision as of 00:47, 12 October 2017
Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Census-designated place | |
Coordinates: 40°53′44″N 75°19′25″W / 40.89556°N 75.32361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Monroe |
Township | Hamilton, Ross |
Area | |
• Total | 1.26 sq mi (3.3 km2) |
• Land | 1.2 sq mi (3 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,126 |
• Density | 938.3/sq mi (362.3/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 18353 |
Area code(s) | 570 Exchanges: 402,992 |
GNIS feature ID | 1187049[3] |
Saylorsburg is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Saylorsburg is located off Pennsylvania Route 33, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Wind Gap. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,126.[2] The village is located in both Ross Township and Hamilton Township.
Saylorsburg is in the Pocono Mountains.[4]
One of the two main centers of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is located here. This is a Hindu Vedic teaching center founded by Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya).
Notable people
- Fethullah Gülen - founder of the Gülen movement resides here
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Saylorsburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Carl S. Oplinger & Robert Halma, The Poconos: An Illustrated Natural History Guide (Rutgers University Press: 1988), p. 44.