In 1694, Governor Benjamin Fletcher of the colony of New York sent Captain Arent Schuyler to investigate claims that the French were recruiting Indian allies for use against the English.

The colonists' infamous Walking Purchase of 1737 swindled the Lenape out of more than half of present-day Pike County.

The canal system, which terminated at the Hudson River near present-day Kingston, proved profitable.

But the barges had to cross the Delaware via a rope ferry across a "slackwater dam," which created bottlenecks in the canal traffic and added greatly to the cost of transportation.

John Roebling proposed continuing the canal over the river as part of an aqueduct.

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct is still standing, possibly the oldest suspension bridge in America; it has been named a National Historic Landmark.

From 1904 to 1926, Grey Towers in the borough of Milford, Pennsylvania was the site of summer field study sessions for the Master's program of the Yale School of Forestry, together with the Forester's Hall, a commercial building that was adapted and expanded for this purpose.

[3] In 1926, PPL Corporation built a hydroelectric plant on Wallenpaupack creek at the former village of Wilsonville.

A crew of 2,700 men worked for two years to complete the dam for the project at a cost of $1,026,000.

This required the acquisition of nearly a hundred properties, and a number of farms, barns, and homes were razed or moved.

In addition, 17 miles (27 km) of roads and telephone lines were relocated, and a cemetery was moved to make way for the project.

[4] The terrain rises rapidly from the river valley in the east to the rolling foothills of the Poconos in the west.

The highest point is one of two unnamed hills in Greene Township that top out at approximately 2,110 feet (643 m) above sea level.

Pike County has a humid continental climate that is warm-summer (Dfb), except along the Delaware River from Dingmans Ferry downriver, where it is hot-summer (Dfa).

The appeal by East Stroudsburg Area School District was heard by the Commonwealth Court in April 2012.

[citation needed] Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns.