Kunkletown, Pennsylvania

Kunkletown, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Saint Matthew's Church in Kunkletown
Saint Matthew's Church in Kunkletown
Kunkletown is located in Pennsylvania
Kunkletown
Kunkletown
Location within Pennsylvania
Kunkletown is located in the United States
Kunkletown
Kunkletown
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 40°50′52″N 75°26′54″W / 40.84778°N 75.44833°W / 40.84778; -75.44833
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyMonroe
TownshipEldred
Elevation
[1]
531 ft (162 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18058
Area codes610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1178712[1]

Kunkletown is an unincorporated community in Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States,[1] at an elevation of 531 feet.

History

An 1845 book is the first published reference to Kunklesville. It says it bore "the name of its proprietor, [and that it] was started about 15 years ago, consisting of seven or eight dwellings, one tavern, one store, a school house, a German Reformed Church and a grist mill."[2]

Demographics

The population of Kunkletown's ZIP code in the 2010 census was 9,464, of whom 8,924 were White, 377 were African-American, 499 were Hispanic, 81 were Asian-American, 77 were American Indian, 9 were Hawaiian, and 161 were of other races. The average home value in 2000 was $114,800, and the average household income that year was $44,580.[3]

Notable person

  • Gray Morrow, illustrator (lived there at time of death)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kunkletown, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Rupp, I. Daniel (1845). History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties. Via Rowland, Bob (August 21, 2004). "The Kunkles in Kunkletown, PA". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kunkletown, PA". ZIP-codes.com. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

40°50′52″N 75°26′54″W / 40.84778°N 75.44833°W / 40.84778; -75.44833

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