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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...

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