Effort, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°56′21″N 75°26′06″W / 40.93917°N 75.43500°W

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Effort, / Mt Effort Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Village of Effort along Gilbert Road
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Coordinates: 40°56′21″N 75°26′06″W / 40.93917°N 75.43500°W / 40.93917; -75.43500
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Monroe
Township	Chestnuthill
Area ^[1]
• Total	5.06 sq mi (13.10 km²)
• Land	5.05 sq mi (13.07 km²)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)
Elevation	778 ft (237 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	1,965
• Density	389.26/sq mi (150.31/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	18330
Area code	570
GNIS feature ID	1174036^[3]

Effort, also known as Mount Effort, is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Effort is located along Pennsylvania Route 115 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Brodheadsville. Effort has a post office with ZIP code 18330.^[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,269.^[5]

A post office called Effort has been in operation since 1850.^[6] According to tradition, the community was named for the considerable "effort" it took townspeople to agree on a name for the place.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,965		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

Education

It is in the Pleasant Valley School District.^[9]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Effort". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ZIP Code Lookup
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 42.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Monroe County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2024. - Text list

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Stroudsburg
Boroughs	Delaware Water Gap East Stroudsburg Mount Pocono Stroudsburg
Townships	Barrett Chestnuthill Coolbaugh Eldred Hamilton Jackson Middle Smithfield Paradise Pocono Polk Price Ross Smithfield Stroud Tobyhanna Tunkhannock
CDPs	Arlington Heights Brodheadsville Effort Emerald Lakes Gouldsboro‡ Indian Mountain Lake‡ Mountainhome Penn Estates Pocono Pines Saw Creek‡ Saylorsburg Sierra View Sun Valley Tobyhanna
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