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Kunkletown, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Kunkletown, Pennsylvania |
| settlement_type | Unincorporated community |
| image_skyline | Flickr - Nicholas T - Warm 'n' Cool.jpg |
| image_caption | Saint Matthew's Church in Kunkletown |
| pushpin_map | Pennsylvania#USA |
| pushpin_label | Kunkletown |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | United States |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Pennsylvania |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Monroe |
| subdivision_type3 | Township |
| subdivision_name3 | Eldred |
| timezone | Eastern (EST) |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_ft | 531 |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code_type | ZIP code |
| postal_code | 18058 |
| area_codes | 610 and 484 |
| blank_name | GNIS feature ID |
| blank_info | 1178712 |
Kunkletown is an unincorporated community in Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at an elevation of 531 feet.
History
An 1845 book is the first published reference to Kunklesville. It says it bore "the name of its proprietor, [and that it] was started about 15 years ago, consisting of seven or eight dwellings, one tavern, one store, a school house, a German Reformed Church and a grist mill." A Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania newspaper referred to it as Kunkletown in December 1846.27.2 mile Tour of 47 Kunkletown Historic Locations
Demographics
The population of Kunkletown's ZIP code in the 2010 census was 9,464, of whom 8,924 were Caucasian, 377 were African-American, 499 were Hispanic, 81 were Asian, 77 were Indian, 9 were Hawaiian, and 161 were of other races. The average home value in 2000 was $114,800, and the average household income that year was $44,580.
Notable person
- Gray Morrow, illustrator (lived there at time of death; born in Fort Wayne, Indiana)
References
References
- {{cite gnis. 1178712. Kunkletown, Pennsylvania
- Rowland, I. Daniel. (August 21, 2004). "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties". Ancestry.com.
- Rowland
- "Kunkletown, PA". ZIP-codes.com.
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