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This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania. There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania . Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population.
The borough is located 3 miles (5 km) east of Bowmanstown and 5 miles (8 km) north of the twin towns of Walnutport and Slatington, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Lehighton, and 58 miles (93 km) south of the city of Scranton. Palmerton's elevation is 407 feet (124 m) above sea level.
Orefield is a small unincorporated community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.The community is split between North Whitehall and South Whitehall townships. Orefield is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The town was founded in 1792 by Col. Jacob Weiss. [4] The area was located between Lehighton, Parryville, and Longrun.Soon after, the town itself was established and the first wooden bridge over the river to the town was built in 1805, along with the first post office, taverns, banks, and stores all by 1812.
The Lehigh Valley (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania.It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bounded to its north by Blue Mountain, to its south by South Mountain, to its west by Lebanon Valley, and to its east by the Delaware River and Warren County, New Jersey. [1]
Today, Lehigh County is covered largely by the 610 area code. An overlay area code, 484, was added to the 610 service area in 1999. [32] A plan to introduce area code 835 as an additional overlay was rescinded in 2001. It has since been reintroduced and will begin use once 610 and 484 extensions are exhausted, possibly as early as September ...
It is situated near the northeastern end of the Mahoning Hills, [4] the mountainous foothills region to the west of the Lehigh River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.8 square miles (61.6 km 2), of which 23.7 square miles (61.3 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2), or 0.48%, is water. [3]
Macungie is located at (40.513945, -75.552491 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2), all land.Macungie is almost completely surrounded by Lower Macungie Township, except for a very small area in the southeast that neighbors Upper Milford Township.