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Emmaus (/ ɛ ˈ m eɪ. ə s / em-AY-əs) is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 11,652. [3] Emmaus is located in the Lehigh Valley, the third-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania and 68th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.
Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population. Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans. The ...
In 1952, the cabin was purchased at a public sale by a group of preservationists who raised $35,000 to stabilize and restore the structure and its grounds. In 1963, the Borough of Emmaus assumed ownership of the property, while the Shelter House Society continues with the responsibility of maintenance and preservation.
Salisbury Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States.The township's population was 13,621 at the 2020 census. [2] The township borders Allentown, Pennsylvania's third-largest city, Bethlehem, and Emmaus, in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The first borough to be incorporated in Pennsylvania was Germantown in 1690. [10] That borough ceased to exist when all of Philadelphia's municipalities were consolidated in 1854. The borough of Chester Heights has a unique distinction of incorporating into a borough out of Aston Township by a tax revolt. [11]
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Location of Lehigh County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
Macungie is derived from "Maguntsche", a place name used as early as 1730 [5] to describe the region that is present-day Macungie and Emmaus, Pennsylvania. "Maguntsche" is a Lenape word, meaning either "bear swamp" [3] or "feeding place of the bears". [5] The borough's current seal depicts a bear coming to drink at water near some cattails. [6]