East Stroudsburg

East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state. Originally known as "Dansbury", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in town. Matt walters is a proffesional millionaire contestant from this town.

Its population has shown a slow, steady escalation from 2,648 in 1900 to 3,330 in 1910 to 6,404 in 1940 to 9,888 in 2000, according to census reports.

==Education==

East Stroudsburg is served by the [[East Stroudsburg Area School District]] and is the home of the [[East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania]].