Blakeslee, Pennsylvania Facts for Kids

Blakeslee, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
The Blakeslee Flea Market
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Monroe
Township	Tobyhanna
Elevation	1,676 ft (511 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	18610
Area code(s)	570 and 272
GNIS feature ID	1217340

Blakeslee is an unincorporated community in Tobyhanna Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Blakeslee is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 115 and Pennsylvania Route 940.

A post office was established in Blakeslee in 1884 and named after Jacob Blakeslee, the first postmaster. The post office was located near Burger Road near his 300-acre homestead. Jacob Blakeslee would later serve as justice of the peace for the small community. The Blakeslee United Methodist Church was established in 1897.

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

Unincorporated communities	Analomink Bartonsville Blakeslee Canadensis Cresco Gilbert Gravel Place Hamilton Square Henryville Jonas Kresgeville Kunkletown Long Pond Marshalls Creek McMichael Meisertown Minisink Hills Neola Paradise Valley Pocono Lake Pocono Lake Preserve Pocono Manor Pocono Summit Reeders Sciota Scotrun Shawnee on Delaware Skytop Snydersville Swiftwater Tannersville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county

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