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Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Monroe
Township	Pocono
Elevation	1,184 ft (361 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	18370
Area code(s)	570 and 272
GNIS feature ID	1189185

Swiftwater is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1897 Richard Slee created the Pocono Biological Laboratories in Swiftwater. Swiftwater is home to the biggest flu vaccine plant in the United States. Swiftwater is the location of one of the many barracks locations of the Pennsylvania State Police. The barracks is on a hill on State Route 611. Swiftwater is also the home of the Pocono Cheesecake Factory, located on SR 611.

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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