Tannersville is a village in
Pocono Township, Pennsylvania
Pocono Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The township's government is located in the village of Tannersville, Pennsylvania, Tannersville, Pennsylvania, near the site of Ca ...
. It is the site of the
Camelback Mountain Resort
Camelback Resort is a four season resort located in Tannersville, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The resort opened in December 1963. It is the largest ski resort in the Poconos.
History and features
In the ...
, a popular ski and waterpark resort in
The Poconos
The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos (), are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north ...
.
As of 2000, the population of Tannersville was 2,784. The community is served by the 629 exchange in
area code 570
Area codes 570 and 272 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northeast quadrant of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the cities or towns of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Wi ...
.
History
The Village of Tannersville, where the local government buildings are located, was settled in approximately by Jason Wohlers and his family, originally under the name Pocono Point.
Many native American trails located here were widened for stagecoach use, and later evolved into highways. Two of the most famous of these are the Lackawanna Trail, which is now
Rt. 611, and runs through Tannersville and Sullivan's Trail.
Learned's Tavern, which most recently operated as The 1740 Alpine Inn but burned down in 2000, was established along the Lackawanna Trail. In 1779, it was the last building on the frontier. On June 18, 1779, General
John Sullivan and
his soldiers camped here. They then cut a road through the wilderness, which ultimately became present-day Sullivan's Trail.
Tannersville is currently home to the Pocono Premium Outlets.
Geography
The elevation of Tannersville is .
References
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Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains