Kunkletown, Pennsylvania
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Kunkletown is an unincorporated community in Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.{{cite gnis|1178712|Kunkletown, Pennsylvania}} 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."{{cite book|first=I. Daniel| last=Rupp|title=History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnortham00inrupp|year=1845}} Via {{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pamonroe/kunkle.htm |title=The Kunkles in Kunkletown, PA |first=Bob |last=Rowland |date=August 21, 2004 |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=March 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66PMeCgHT?url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pamonroe/kunkle.htm |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=live }} A Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania newspaper referred to it as Kunkletown in December 1846.Rowland{{Better source needed|date=September 2018}}[http://tourofkunkletown.wixsite.com/mysite 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.zip-codes.com/city/PA-KUNKLETOWN.asp|title=Kunkletown, PA|publisher=ZIP-codes.com|access-date=March 24, 2012}}
Notable person
- Gray Morrow, illustrator (lived there at time of death; born in Fort Wayne, Indiana)
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/pa/monroe/kunkletown.cfm |title=PA Home Town Locator|publisher=HTL, Inc.|access-date=March 24, 2012}}
- {{cite web|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/attractions-near-kunkletown-pa-102735.html|title=Attractions Near Kunkletown, PA|first=Daniel |last=Thomas|publisher= Demand Media via USA Today Travel|access-date=March 24, 2012}}
- {{cite web|url=http://tourofkunkletown.wixsite.com/mysite |title=Tour of Kunkletown|publisher=tony|access-date=September 5, 2019}}
{{Monroe County, Pennsylvania}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Pennsylvania