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| Newspaper-Pocono Record. Carbon County information: Jim Thorpe. County seat of Carbon County, in the Pocono Mountains. It is about a three hour drive from New York City. Jim Thorpe is approximately 90 minutes North of Philadelphia. About 60 minutes South of Scranton and Wilkes Barre, the most populated area of North East Pennsylvania, a large tourist destination. Jim Thorpe features coal mining history, the Industrial Revolution and a present-day rebirth as a tourist attraction. |