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Palmerton is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 5,414 at the 2010 census. [3] Palmerton is located 18.9 miles (30.4 km) northwest of Allentown and 86.6 miles (139.4 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
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 ...
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]
The Palmerton Historic District is a national historic district located in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.Bordered roughly by Tomb Street, Avenue A, 8th Street, and Harvard Avenue, it encompasses 1,262 contributing buildings, seven contributing structures (five railroad bridges, one road bridge, and one park gazebo), and four contributing sites (three parks and a cemetery), as well as ...
Borough 5,500 2 Palmerton: Borough 5,414 3 † Jim Thorpe: Borough 4,781 4 Indian Mountain Lake (partially in Monroe County) CDP 4,372 5 Lansford: Borough 3,941 6 Nesquehoning: Borough 3,349 7 Summit Hill: Borough 3,034 8 Weatherly: Borough 2,525 9 Towamensing Trails: CDP 2,292 10 Weissport East: CDP 1,624 11 Bowmanstown: Borough 937 12 ...
Parryville is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and is located 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Lehighton and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Bowmanstown, off Route 248 and 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Palmerton. Parryville's elevation is 450 feet (140 m) above sea level.
Palmerton Area School District is a public school district located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Palmerton and Bowmanstown, and Lower Towamensing Township and Towamensing Township. The district encompasses approximately 56 square miles (150 km 2). As of the 2000 census, it served a resident population of 12,791.