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Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Saylorsburg along Wilkes Barre Turnpike
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Coordinates: 40°53′44″N 75°19′25″W / 40.89556°N 75.32361°W / 40.89556; -75.32361
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Monroe
Township	Hamilton, Ross
Area
• Total	1.26 sq mi (3.3 km)
• Land	1.2 sq mi (3 km)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.2 km)
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Population
• Total	1,126
• Density	938.3/sq mi (362.3/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	18353
Area code(s)	570 and 272
GNIS feature ID	1187049

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. The village is located in both Ross Township and Hamilton Township.

Saylorsburg is in the Pocono Mountains.

Wildlife

Saylorsburg is home to some species of wildlife, including American black bear, gray & red fox, white-tailed deer, groundhog, Virginia opossum, raccoon, and fisher. Saylorsburg is also home to several bird species including great blue heron, wild turkey, and bald eagle. Although only few sightings have been reported, it is commonly known that elk reside in higher elevations in the Pocono Mountains.

Education

The Hamilton Township side of the CDP is in Stroudsburg Area School District while the Ross Township side is in Pleasant Valley School District.

Notable person

• Fethullah Gülen, founder of the Gülen movement

References

1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
3. "Saylorsburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Saylorsburg CDP, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
5. Carl S. Oplinger & Robert Halma, The Poconos: An Illustrated Natural History Guide (Rutgers University Press: 1988), p. 44.
6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Monroe County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2024. - Text list

v t e Places adjacent to Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
McIlhaney, Brodheadsville Sciota, Neola Hamilton Square, Bossardsville Ross Township Saylorsburg Hamilton Township Ross Township Ross Common, Wind Gap Pen Argyl

v t e Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Stroudsburg
Boroughs	Delaware Water Gap East Stroudsburg Mount Pocono Stroudsburg
Townships	Barrett Chestnuthill Coolbaugh Eldred Hamilton Jackson Middle Smithfield Paradise Pocono Polk Price Ross Smithfield Stroud Tobyhanna Tunkhannock
CDPs	Arlington Heights Brodheadsville Effort Emerald Lakes Gouldsboro‡ Indian Mountain Lake‡ Mountainhome Penn Estates Pocono Pines Saw Creek‡ Saylorsburg Sierra View Sun Valley Tobyhanna
Unincorporated communities	Analomink Bartonsville Blakeslee Canadensis Cresco Gilbert Hamilton Square Henryville Jonas Kresgeville Kunkletown Long Pond Marshalls Creek McMichaels Meisertown Minisink Hills Neola Paradise Valley Pocono Lake Pocono Lake Preserve Pocono Summit Reeders Sciota Scotrun Shawnee on Delaware Skytop Snydersville Swiftwater Tannersville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county
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