Emerald is an unincorporated exurban community in
Washington Township in
Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania
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. It is located two miles west of
Slatington. Emerald is part of the
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the no ...
, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous
metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Trout Creek flows eastward through it into the
Lehigh River in Slatington.
Interstate 476
Interstate 476 (I-476) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-76 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The highway runs from I-95 near Chester north to I-81 near Scranton, serving as the primary north–south Interstate corridor throu ...
(the Northeast Extension of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (Penna Turnpike or PA Turnpike) is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A controlled-access highway, it runs for across the state. The turnpike's w ...
crosses the Franklin
Slate 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