Honesdale, Pennsylvania

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Honesdale, Pennsylvania is a small historic borough in northeastern Pennsylvania known as the birthplace of the American railroad and a gateway to the Pocono Mountains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borough
municipality
settlement
areaCode 272
570
climate humid continental climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Wayne County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
demographicsCharacteristic small population
governmentType borough council
hasAnnualEvent Honesdale Independence Day celebrations
Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival
hasEducationalInstitution Wayne Highlands School District
hasHeritageRailroad Stourbridge Line
hasHighSchool Honesdale High School
hasHistoricDistrict Honesdale Residential Historic District
surface form: Honesdale Downtown Historic District

Honesdale Residential Historic District
hasHospital Wayne Memorial Hospital
hasPark Central Park (Honesdale)
historicCharacter 19th-century architecture
inception 1831
isCountySeatOf Wayne County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
knownFor Stourbridge Lion locomotive
early American railroad history
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places (multiple properties)
locatedInRegion Northeastern Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains region, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pocono Mountains region
locatedNearRiver Delaware River
locatedOnRiver Lackawaxen River NERFINISHED
media The Wayne Independent
local radio stations
namedAfter Philip Hone
nearbyAttraction Prompton State Park
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
nicknamed Birthplace of the American Railroad
originalRailroadCompany Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
partOfMetropolitanArea Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
postalCode 18431
primaryEconomicSectors retail
services
tourism
railroadMilestone site of first commercial steam locomotive operation on rails in the United States
role gateway to the Pocono Mountains
state Pennsylvania
timezone Eastern Time Zone
timezoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
tourismActivities heritage rail excursions
outdoor recreation in the Poconos
transportation U.S. Route 6

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Pocono Mountains region, Pennsylvania contains Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Delaware and Hudson Canal startPoint Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Charly Baltimore residenceAtStartOfFilm Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Wet Hot American Summer filmingLocation Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Northeastern Pennsylvania hasCity Honesdale, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Honesdale
Art Wall Jr. placeOfBirth Honesdale, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Art Wall Jr. residence Honesdale, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States