Indian Mountain Lake, Pennsylvania

Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States

41°0′18″N 75°30′11″W / 41.00500°N 75.50306°W / 41.00500; -75.50306CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountiesCarbon, MonroeTownshipsPenn Forest, Tunkhannock, ChestnuthillArea

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• Total6.46 sq mi (16.73 km²) • Land6.37 sq mi (16.50 km²) • Water0.09 sq mi (0.23 km²)Elevation

1,785 ft (544 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total4,733 • Density742.78/sq mi (286.79/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code(s)570 & 272FIPS code42-36904GNIS feature ID2633697

Indian Mountain Lake is a census-designated place (CDP)^[3] in Carbon County and Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The Carbon County portion of the CDP is located in Penn Forest Township, while the Monroe County portion is in Tunkhannock and Chestnuthill townships. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community was 4,733.^[4] There are 3,262 single-family residential building lots in the community as of 2020 records.^[5]

History and geography

The community of Indian Mountain Lake lies at the southern edge of the Poconos, on top of Pohopoco Mountain and extending north to the valley of Mud Run, which is impounded to form the small Indian Mountain Lake. The western edge of the CDP follows Pennsylvania Route 534, and Pennsylvania Route 115 crosses the eastern side of the community. Interstate 80 is 7 miles (11 km) to the northwest via PA 115, and Brodheadsville on U.S. Route 209 is 8 miles (13 km) to the south.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	4,372	—
2020	4,733	8.3%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "2010 U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
^ US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Indian Mountain Lakes CDP, Pennsylvania Profile https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Indian%20Mountain%20Lake%20CDP,%20Pennsylvania
^ "Indian Mountain Lake - IMLCA - Home". imlca.nabrnetwork.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Indian Mountain Lake CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
^ US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Indian Mountain Lakes CDP, Pennsylvania Profile https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Indian%20Mountain%20Lake%20CDP,%20Pennsylvania

Municipalities and communities of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Jim Thorpe

Boroughs

Townships

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Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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v t e 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 Hamilton Square Henryville Jonas Kresgeville Kunkletown Long Pond Marshalls Creek McMichaels Meisertown Minisink Hills Neola Paradise Valley Pocono Lake Pocono Lake Preserve 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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