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Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°06′00″N 75°21′32″W / 41.10000°N 75.35889°W / 41.10000; -75.35889
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Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Inn At Pocono Manor in May 2015
Inn At Pocono Manor in May 2015
Pocono Manor is located in Pennsylvania
Pocono Manor
Pocono Manor
Pocono Manor is located in the United States
Pocono Manor
Pocono Manor
Coordinates: 41°06′00″N 75°21′32″W / 41.10000°N 75.35889°W / 41.10000; -75.35889
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyMonroe
TownshipPocono
Elevation
1,703 ft (519 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18349
Area code(s)570 and 272
GNIS feature ID1184149[1]
Amateur film of the commercial harvesting of ice, using horse and man powered equipment, at Pocono Manor in 1919

Pocono Manor is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States, located at approximately latitude 41.1 and longitude -75.359, at an elevation of 1,706 feet, on Pennsylvania Route 314 east of Pocono Summit and west of Swiftwater.[2]

Pocono is a Native American name purported to mean "a stream between two mountains".[3]

Pocono Manor was the location of a resort and golf course called The Inn at Pocono Manor, with a Donald Ross-designed golf course,[4] site of the Pocono Northeast Classic; and Pocono Manor Historic District. Pocono Manor Inn was burned down on November 2, 2019. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

References

  1. ^ "Pocono Manor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ http://pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/pa/monroe/pocono-manor.cfm
  3. ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
  4. ^ Golf at The Inn at Pocono Manor