Kresgeville, Pennsylvania

Polk Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,473 at the 2020 census.

Eldred Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,594 at the 2020 census.

Pohopoco Creek (locally known as Big Creek) is a tributary of the Lehigh River in Monroe and Carbon Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek is 27.8 miles (44.7 km) long and its watershed is 111 square miles (287 km2) in area. Beltzville Lake is formed by its damming by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Pohopoco's mouth is in Parryville. It was historically known as Heads Creek, Pocho Pochto Creek, Pohopoko Creek, and Poopoke Creek.

Gilbert is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 430 in the 2020 census.The Pohopoco Creek runs southward through Gilbert, then westward through Beltzville Lake to the Lehigh River. Students in the village attend the Pleasant Valley School District.

Little Gap is a village in eastern Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania on the Aquashicola Creek, which is crossed by a covered bridge, open to vehicular traffic. Blue Mountain Resort is located just to the south of the village, which is split between the Danielsville, Kunkletown, and Palmerton ZIP Codes of 18038, 18058, and 18071, respectively.

The Little Gap Covered Bridge is an historic, American covered bridge that is located near Little Gap in Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

Jonas is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located on Route 534 in Polk Township. It is split between the Effort ZIP code of 18330 and the Kunkletown ZIP code of 18058.Trexler Boy Scout Reservation is located just southeast of Jonas. Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company has their sub-station located behind Hotel Jonas on Jonas Road. It currently housed their retired 1954 GMC along with an active engine and utility truck.Hotel Jonas is a big part of the Village of Jonas and has been around for many years. Jonas Snyder purchased the original inn building and surrounding land in 1858 and his family built the existing hotel in 1901. The Jonas Hotel began as a small inn that was known as "Sterner's", a rest stop for early travelers through northeastern Pennsylvania. It was situated on a stagecoach road that connected the southwestern end of the Pocono area with towns to the north such as White Haven and cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. The road is presently named State Highway 534.

Kunkletown is an unincorporated community in Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at an elevation of 531 feet. It is at ZIP Code 18058.

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,269.A post office called Effort has been in operation since 1850. According to tradition, the community was named for the considerable "effort" it took townspeople to agree on a name for the place.

Buckwha Creek is a 12.6-mile-long (20.3 km) tributary of Aquashicola Creek in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.The creek originates in a swamp to the southwest of Saylorsburg, flowing southwest along the northwest side of Chestnut Ridge. About five miles below its source, it is dammed to form Princess Lake, about a mile above Kunkletown. Buckwha Creek cuts south through Chestnut Ridge at Little Gap and joins Aquashicola Creek approximately 1.2 miles (1.9 km) downstream.

District 11 (often referenced with the Roman Numerals District XI) of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is an interscholastic athletic association in eastern Pennsylvania. District XI is one of the PIAA's 12 districts and comprises high schools mostly within the Lehigh Valley and a few surrounding counties. The district is broadly considered one of the most competitive high school athletic divisions in the nation with many of its athletes going on to compete in the Olympics and professional sports, including the MLB, NBA, and NFL. District 11 owns many state records for various athletic championships and milestones. Member schools are categorized by enrollment into classifications, differing in each of the various sports, including: A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAA, and AAAAAA.

Pleasant Valley School District is a mid-sized, rural, public school district in the west end of Monroe County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The district encompasses approximately 114 square miles (300 km2) including: Chestnuthill, Eldred, Polk, and Ross Townships, as well as communities in them, such as Brodheadsville. As of 2000, the school district served a resident population of 29,051. By 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau reported the district's population increased to 33,891 people. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $19,853, while the median family income was $51,433. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 89.5% high school graduates and 17.9% college graduates.