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Ashfield, Pennsylvania
Ashfield is an unincorporated community in East Penn Township, Carbon County located south of Lehighton and west of Bowmanstown on Route 895 at the northern foot of Blue Mountain. The Lizard Creek flows east through Ashfield into the Lehigh River The Lehigh River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pat .... Although the village has its own post office with the zip code of 18212, some residents are served by the Lehighton post office, Zip Code 18235 Unincorporated communities in Carbon County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{CarbonCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
East Penn Township is a rural township in the rough uplands terrain of the eastern Mahoning Hills area of Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The township has a complementary or sister township, West Penn Township, directly to the west in Schuylkill County. The township sits between two ridgelines of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, but with multiple hilltops, its terrain is unlike many nearby valley floors between similar ridgelines. The population was 2,881 at the 2010 United States Census, up from 2,461 at the 2000 census. Geography The township is located in the southern corner of Carbon County and is bordered by Lehigh County to the south and Schuylkill County to the west. Older USGS topographic maps show the township in a region known as the Mahoning Hills, a geologically chaotic series of hilltops surmounting a long upland more cyclic in altitude than nearby valley bottoms. The township is drained by the Lehigh River, which flows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 895
Pennsylvania Route 895 (PA 895) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is an east–west route, running from PA 443 in Pine Grove in Schuylkill County east to and PA 248 in Bowmanstown in Carbon County. PA 895 is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural areas in the southern sections of Schuylkill and Carbon counties, serving Auburn, Deer Lake, and New Ringgold. The entire course is close to the north flank of Blue Mountain. PA 895 was designated in 1928 between Auburn and U.S. Route 120 (US 120, now PA 61) in Pinedale. In the 1930s, the route was extended west to PA 443 in Pine Grove and east to US 309 at White Street in Bowmanstown. In 1961, the east end was moved to an interchange with the PA 29/ PA 45 (now PA 248) freeway in Bowmanstown. Route description PA 895 begins at an intersection with PA 443 in the borough of Pine Grove in Schuylkill County, heading east on two-lane undivided East Wood Street. The road runs through residen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)
Blue Mountain, Blue Mountain Ridge, or the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, is a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania. Forming the southern and eastern edge of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians physiographic province in Pennsylvania, Blue Mountain extends from the Delaware Water Gap on the New Jersey border in the east to Big Gap in Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania at its southwestern end. Views of Blue Mountain dominate the southern tier of most eastern and central Pennsylvanian counties, providing an ever-visible backdrop cutting across the northern or western horizon. Most transport corridors and road beds piercing the barrier necessarily pass through either large water gaps (west to east: the Susquehanna, Schuylkill, Lehigh and Delaware River valleys) or wind gaps, low gaps in the ridge caused by ancient watercourses. The barrier ridge forms a distinct boundary between a number of Pennsylvania's geographical and cultural regions. To the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizard Creek (Pennsylvania)
Lizard Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Lehigh River in Schuylkill and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Lizard Creek joins the Lehigh River near the borough of Bowmanstown. See also *List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ... References Tributaries of the Lehigh River Rivers of Pennsylvania Rivers of Carbon County, Pennsylvania Rivers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehigh River
The Lehigh River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pattern from The Poconos in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before enjoining the Delaware River in Easton. Part of the Lehigh River and a number of its tributaries are designated Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers by the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The river's name "Lehigh" is an anglicisation of the Lenape name for the river, ''Lechewuekink'', which means "where there are forks". Both Lehigh County and Lehigh Valley are named for the river. According to an environmental report from a Pennsylvania nonprofit research center, the Lehigh River watershed is ranked second nationally in the volume of toxic substances released into it in 2020. The study mirrors a previous report b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehighton, Pennsylvania
Lehighton () is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Lehighton is located northwest of Allentown and northwest of Philadelphia. Due in part to water power from the Lehigh River, Lehighton was an early center for U.S. industrialization. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was for years a major employer up until the post-World War II era when railroad and industry restructuring led to job and population losses. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Lehighton's population was 5,248, down from a peak population of 7,000 in 1940. Lehighton is the most populous borough in Carbon County and still the county's business hub. The Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Lehighton. History At the time of the first European's encounters with historic American Indian tribes, this area was part of the shared hunting territory of the Iroquoian Susquehannock and the Algonquian Lenape (also called the Delaware, after their language and terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parryville, Pennsylvania
Parryville is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and is located southeast of Lehighton and north of Bowmanstown, off Route 248 and northwest of Palmerton. Parryville's elevation is above sea level. The population was 416 at the time of the 2020 census. History Located roughly six miles south of Mauch Chunk, the history of the borough of Parryville can be traced back to the late eighteenth century, when Peter Frantz arrived on this land in 1780, and became the first man to settle there. Leonard Beltz and Frederick Scheckler then arrived in 1781, and built a stone gristmill adjacent to the Pohopoco Creek. Beltz, a native of Franklin County, had married Elizabeth Boyer, a daughter of Frederick and Susan Boyer. They raised twelve children on the property. Mrs. Beltz lived to be 105 years old. In 1815, Beltz and Scheckler sold the mill and its related property to Jacob and Peter Stein, who improved the property by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania
Bowmanstown is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 937 at the 2010 census. The borough is at an elevation of . It is located west of Palmerton and south of Lehighton off Pennsylvania Route 248. Geography Bowmanstown is located in southern Carbon County at (40.800737, -75.662167), on the northeast bank of the Lehigh River. It is bordered on the east and north by Lower Towamensing Township, on the southeast by the borough of Palmerton, and on the southwest and west by East Penn Township. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.59%, is water. Transportation As of 2013, there were of public roads in Bowmanstown, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough. Pennsylvania Route 248 is the main highway serving Bowmanstown. It follows a northwest-southeast alignment across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Washington Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The population of Washington Township was 6,624 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Allentown 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. History The Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Geography Washington Township is the northernmost in Lehigh County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.74%, are water. It is drained by the Lehigh River, which separates it from Northampton County to the east, and Blue Mountain separates it from Carbon County to the north. Its villages include Best Station, Emerald, Friedens, Lehigh Furnace, Lehigh Gap (also in Northampton County,) Neffs (also in North Whitehall Township,) Newhard, Newside, and Slatedale. Adjacent municipalities * North Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Heidelberg Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The population of Heidelberg Township was 3,416 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Allentown 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. Geography The township is in northern Lehigh County. Blue Mountain separates it from Carbon County, and the township's portion contains Lehigh County's highest point, Bake Oven Knob at . Its villages include Diebertsville, Germans Corners, Germansville (both pronounced with a hard "g",) Jordan Valley, Lochland (also in Lynn Township), Pleasant Corners, and Saegersville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Heidelberg Township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.33%, are water. The township is located in the Delaware River watershed. Almost all of it drains into the Lehigh River (mainly by Jordan Creek which starts in Heidelberg), except for a very small area i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas, Pennsylvania
Andreas is a village in the southeast corner of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in West Penn Township on Route 895. A small part of Andreas is also in East Penn Township in Carbon County. The Lizard Creek flows eastward through the village to the Lehigh River. Andreas lies at the northern foot of Blue Mountain in ZIP Code 18211. The village and surrounds are geographically closer to Allentown and Bethlehem than to the Schuylkill County seat at Pottsville. Andreas is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 69th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. Andreas is served by the Mantzville exchanges (386 and 818) in area code 570 and (205) in area code 272. Residents in the eastern section of the village can be assigned a number in the Lehighton (377) exchange of area code 610. Andreas is surrounded by slate quarries. Galen Glen Winery is located 1 1/2 miles NW of the village and is included in the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail of the Lehigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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