Editing Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
{{stack|[[Image:Stroudsburg 1884.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|An 1894 map of Stroudsburg]]}}
Stroudsburg is located at {{Coord|40|59|9|N|75|11|43|W|type:city}} (40.985764, -75.195352).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of 1.8&nbsp;square miles (4.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1.8&nbsp;square miles (4.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  (1.67%) is water.

Stroudsburg is located {{convert|38|mi|km}} north of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] and {{convert|53|mi|km}} southeast of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]. Stroudsburg's elevation is {{convert|500|ft|m}} above sea level.

Stroudsburg is located in the heart of the [[Pocono Mountains]] and serves as the Monroe County seat.

===Downtown===
Downtown Stroudsburg is the commercial hub for the surrounding area, serving as the Monroe County seat, and is located just off [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]]. It is the only traditional downtown in the area. Downtown Stroudsburg is home to more than 24 restaurants, nine art galleries, three women's clothing stores, numerous antique stores, several general merchandisers, many specialty shops, two hotels, the local [[YMCA]], 11 financial institutions and the core of the legal profession in Monroe County. There are 600 hotel rooms within {{convert|2|mi|km}} of Downtown Stroudsburg. Downtown Stroudsburg also features a wide tree lined Main Street with historically rich architecture, plenty of on street parking, several municipal parking lots, one parking garage and another on the drawing board. Currently the total trade area population is about 250,000. This includes all of Monroe and [[Pike County, Pennsylvania|Pike]] Counties, as well as northern [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]] and [[Warren County, New Jersey]].

Downtown Stroudsburg is the anchor for the more modern shopping centers that are being built around the area, wanting to be in or near the historic downtown. Businesses include: The Sherman Theater and regional performing arts Center, the MCAC Community Cultural Center, the Monroe County Historical Association, the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau, the [[East Stroudsburg University]] business accelerator, the Pocono Family YMCA, the US Post Office, the Monroe County Courthouse, the Monroe County Administration Center, the largest regional police force in Pennsylvania, and the Pocono Mountains [[Chamber of Commerce]].

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File:Downtown Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.jpg|Downtown
File:Downtown courthouse.jpg|Courthouse
File:Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (4094522517).jpg|Restaurant district
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