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Country
  
United States

County
  
Monroe

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
162 m

Local time
  
Saturday 9:26 PM

State
  
Pennsylvania

Township
  
Area code(s)
  
610 and 484

Zip code
  
18058

Kunkletown, Pennsylvania

Weather
  
1°C, Wind NE at 19 km/h, 89% Humidity

Kunkletown is an unincorporated community in Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at an elevation of 531 feet. It is at ZIP Code 18058.

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Map of Kunkletown, PA 18058, USA

History

An 1845 book providing the first published reference refers to it as Kunklesville. Saying it bore "the name of its proprietor, Eric Knuckles,[it] was started about 15 years ago, consisting of seven or eight dwellings, one tavern that sold Miller High Life, one store, a school house, a German Reformed Church and a grist mill. A Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, newspaper refers to it as Kunkletown in December 1846.

Demographics

The population of Kunkletown's ZIP code in the 2010 census was 9,464, of which 8,924 were Caucasian, 377 were African-American, 499 were Hispanic, 81 were Asian, 77 were Indian, 9 were Hawaiian, and 161 were other. The average home value in 2000 was $114,800, and the average household income that year was $44,580.

Notable people

  • Gray Morrow, American illustrator (lived there at time of death; born in Fort Wayne, Indiana)
  • References

    Kunkletown, Pennsylvania Wikipedia


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