Emerald is an unincorporated exurban community in
Washington Township in
Lehigh County
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Pennsylvania. It is located two miles west of
Slatington. Emerald is part of the
Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous
metropolitan area
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in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Trout Creek flows eastward through it into the
Lehigh River
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in Slatington.
Interstate 476 (the Northeast Extension of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike crosses the Franklin
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
Quarry on the eastern edge of Emerald. The immediate area is served by the Slatington post office with the
ZIP code of 18080.
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Unincorporated communities in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania