Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Census-designated place | |
.jpg) Rainbow near PA 33 | |
| 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) |
| 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 |
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 mainly in Ross Township, but also in Hamilton Township.
Saylorsburg is in the Pocono Mountains.[3][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).
Saylorsburg is also known as the self-imposed exile home of Fethullah Gülen, an ally-turned-enemy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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.
- ^ Carl S. Oplinger & Robert Halma, The Poconos: An Illustrated Natural History Guide (Rutgers University Press: 1988), p. 44.
- ^ Jeremy Roebuck & Martha Woodall, Turkey's president blames Fethullah Gülen, a Muslim cleric in the Poconos, for coup. Phjiladelphia Inquirer (July 15, 2016).
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county | |
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