Monroe County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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History
Named for James Monroe, the 5th President of United States.

Parent Counties
1 April 1836: Monroe County was created from Pike and Northampton Counties.

Boundary Changes
13 March 1843: Carbon County created.

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Lackawanna | Luzerne | Northampton | Pike | Wayne | New Jersey counties: Sussex | Warren

Military
Italic text==== Newspapers ==== Microfilms of the following newspapers can be found in the East Stroudsburg University Library on Smith Street in East Stroudsburg, PA.:

Morning Press 19 May 1913-3 April 1929 Morning Sun 1 Jan 1926 - 26 Feb 1928 East Stroudsburg Press 7 Aug 1919 - 20 Dec 1923 Jeffersonian Republican 14 Jan 1840 - 12 July 1900 Daily Times Stroudsburg 2 April 1894 - 31 Dec 1908 Monroe Democrat 18 Oct 1860 - 19 Oct 1865; 5 Sep 1907 - 23 Dec 1910 Stroudsburg Times, Times Democrat, Monroe Records, Daily Record, East Stroudsburg Press - 10 Jul 1888 - 27 May 1930 The Daily Record 28 May 1930 - 1 Dec 1964 Pocono Record Jan 1965 - current Pa Chronicle 26 Jan 1767 - 8 Feb 1774 Pa Gazette 24 Dec 1728 - 30 Dec 1762; 3 Jun 1799 - 4 Sep 1811; 6 Jan 1763-11 Oct 1815 Pa Journal 2 Dec 1742 - 29 Dec 1781; 2 Jan 1782 - Aug 1793 Pa Packet 27 Oct 1771 - 31 Dec 1790 Pa Ledger & Freemans Journal 4 Nov 1775 - 16 May 1792 Independent Gazetter 13 Aug 1782 - 29 Apr 1795

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog