Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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 (3.28 km2) |
• Land | 1.21 sq mi (3.12 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) |
Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,025 |
• Density | 849.92/sq mi (328.29/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 18353 |
Area code(s) | 570 and 272 |
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.[4] The village is located in both Ross Township and Hamilton Township.
Saylorsburg is in the Pocono Mountains.[5]
One of the two main centers of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is located here. This is a Hindu Vedic teaching center founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 1,025 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6][2] |
Notable person
- Fethullah Gülen - founder of the Gülen movement, resides here.
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022. Cite error: The named reference "USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Saylorsburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ Carl S. Oplinger & Robert Halma, The Poconos: An Illustrated Natural History Guide (Rutgers University Press: 1988), p. 44.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.