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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.
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]
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.
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Shelter House is a historic home located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1734, it is believed to be the oldest continuously occupied building structure in both Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley and among the oldest still-standing building structures in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [2]