| Official Name: | Effort, / Mt Effort Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Effort |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Monroe |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chestnuthill |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.10 |
| Area Land Km2: | 13.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.06 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.05 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1965 |
| Population Density Km2: | 150.31 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 389.26 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 778 |
| Coordinates: | 40.9392°N -75.435°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 18330 |
| Area Code: | 570 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1174036 |
Effort, also known as Mount Effort, is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Effort is located along Pennsylvania Route 115 2.5miles northwest of Brodheadsville. Effort has a post office with ZIP code 18330.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,269.[4]
A post office called Effort has been in operation since 1850.[5] According to tradition, the community was named for the considerable "effort" it took townspeople to agree on a name for the place.[6]