Milford, PA

Milford is the Pike County seat in northeast Pennsylvania, perched above the Upper Delaware River near the edge of the Poconos. The borough's 2020 population was 1,103, but its footprint holds an outsized collection of old houses, civic buildings, and river-town landmarks. High Street and Broad Street form the historic grid, while the Milford Historic District and the Jervis Gordon Grist Mill Historic District preserve pieces of the borough's nineteenth-century shape. The Pike County Courthouse and Hotel Fauchere add to the town's architectural roll call.

Milford also has a lively arts calendar. The Black Bear Film Festival, started in 2000, uses the restored Milford Theater for independent films, salons, workshops, and special events. The theater began as a silent-film and vaudeville venue, which makes the festival's home part of the local story. Nearby Grey Towers, the former home of conservationist Gifford Pinchot, extends the town's cultural map into the wooded hills above the river. Milford is a county-seat borough with a distinct main street, a film tradition, and the Delaware close at hand.