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Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hanover Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 1,571. It is a suburb of Allentown and Bethlehem and part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Hanover Township is home of Lehigh Valley International Airport, the fourth-largest airport in Pennsylvania, with 851,000 passengers annually as of 2020. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which , or 0.71%, are water. The Lehigh River drains it and separates it from Whitehall Township. Neighboring municipalities *Bethlehem (east) *Allentown (south) * Whitehall Township (west) * Catasauqua (west) * Allen Township, Northampton County (north) * East Allen Township, Northampton County (north-northeast) * Hanover Township, Northampton County (northeast) Transportation Roads and highways ...
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Township (Pennsylvania)
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History Townships in Pennsylvania were created in the 17th century during the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution. Muc ...
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown and the List of cities in Pennsylvania, sixth-largest city in the state. Among its total population as of 2020, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19,343 were in Lehigh County. The city is located along the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River. Bethlehem lies in the geographic center of the Lehigh Valley, a metropolitan region of with a population of 861,899 people as of the 2020 census that is Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, third-most populous metropolitan area and the 68th-most populated Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. Bethlehem borders Allentow ...
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Schoenersville, Pennsylvania
Schoenersville is a suburban village split between Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Hanover Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County and Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Hanover Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is pronounced "SHOO-nerz-vil" and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. History Schoenersville is named after its American pioneer, original settler, Adam Schoener, who established a farm in the area that would become the village in 1784. Adam's father, Heinrich, migrated to America in 1717, having been born in Ehrstadt, Baden-Württemberg. The area would be opened to settlers with the opening of a tavern named the "Blue Ball," either for its no vacancy sign, or for a stagecoach signal. Adam and his wife would build a b ...
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Pennsylvania Route 987
Pennsylvania Route 987 (PA 987) is a state highway in the Lehigh Valley region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o .... It runs from U.S. Route 22 (US 22) near the Lehigh Valley International Airport north of Allentown north to PA 946 in Klecknersville. The route begins at a cloverleaf interchange with the US 22 freeway north of Allentown in Lehigh County and heads to the east of the airport as a four-lane divided highway called Airport Road as it crosses into Northampton County. PA 987 narrows to a two-lane undivided road and continues north, becoming concurrent with PA 329 as it heads into Bath. Here, PA 329 ends and PA 987 briefly runs concurrent with PA 248 before leaving the borough. PA 987 continues northwest and ...
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Bath, Pennsylvania
Bath is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Bath had a population of 2,808. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, 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 Bath is located at the head of the Monocacy Creek in an area of the Lehigh Valley that was once rich in agriculture. The greater area of the town, however, lies east of the Monocacy Valley. Prior to European settlement, Bath was inhabited by the Lenape Indigenous tribe. Bath was established in 1728 as a Scotch-Irish settlement before the American Revolution as the first settlement by white people in the Forks of the Delaware River. It is named for Bath, Somerset, England by Margaret DeLancey, who sold land under her father, lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army, William Allen, in the 1700s. On March 3, 1737, the 247 acres of land that is currently inside the boundaries of Bath was purchas ...
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Pennsylvania Department Of Transportation
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The administrator of PennDOT is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Michael B. Carroll. PennDOT supports nearly of state roads and highways, about 25,400 bridges, and new roadway construction with the exception of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Other modes of transportation supervised or supported by PennDOT include aviation, Railroad, rail traffic, mass transit, intrastate highway shipping traffic, motor vehicle safety and licensing, and Driver's license, driver licensing. PennDOT supports the Ports of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie. The department's current budget is approximately $3.8 billion in federal and state funds. The state budget is supported by motor vehicle fuel taxes, which are dedicated solely to transportation-related state expenditures. In recent years, PennDOT has focused on interm ...
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The symbol , known in Unicode as hyphen-minus, is the form of hyphen most commonly used in digital documents. On most keyboards, it is the only character that resembles a minus sign or a dash, so it is also used for these. The name ''hyphen-minus'' derives from the original ASCII standard, where it was called ''hyphen (minus)''. The character is referred to as a ''hyphen'', a ''minus sign'', or a ''dash'' according to the context where it is being used. Description In early typewriters and character encodings, a single key/code was almost always used for hyphen, minus, various dashes, and strikethrough, since they all have a similar appearance. The current Unicode Standard specifies distinct characters for several different dashes, an unambiguous minus sign (sometimes called the ''Unicode minus'') at code point U+2212, an unambiguous hyphen (sometimes called the ''Unicode hyphen'') at U+2010, the hyphen-minus at U+002D and a variety of other hyphen symbols for various uses. Wh ...
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Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hanover Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Hanover Township was 11,785 at the 2020 census. Hanover Township is northeast of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, north of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. Hanover Township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populated Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. It is drained by Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary), Monocacy Creek and Catasauqua Creek into the Lehigh River. Its villages include Hanoverville, Schoenersville, Pennsylvania, Schoenersville, Stoke Park, and Westgate Hills. Hanover Township is a suburb of the city of Bethlehem, which lies just south of Hanover. Officially, the township has never been ...
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East Allen Township, Pennsylvania
East Allen Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of East Allen Township was 5,010 at the 2020 census. East Allen is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. It is drained by the Lehigh River via the Catasauqua Creek and Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary), Monocacy Creek. Its villages include Franks Corner, Jacksonville, Jamesville (also in Moore Township), Seemsville (also in Allen Township), and Weaversville (also in Allen Township). History Craig's Scotch-Irish Settlement was established in 1728, and is the oldest permanent settlement in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton County along the Catasauqua Creek. In 1730 ...
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Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Allen Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Allen Township was 5,462 at the 2020 census. Allen Township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. History Kreidersville Covered Bridge, built in 1839, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Township of Allen is a very historic place including the thought of how many great old buildings and landmarks are there Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.63%) of which is water. It is drained by the Lehigh River, via the Catasauqua Creek, which separates it from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County. Its four villages are Howertown, Kreidersville, Seemsville, and Weaversville. N ...
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Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Catasauqua, referred to colloquially as Catty, is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Catasauqua's population was 6,518 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. In 1839, Catasauqua was the location of the first manufactured anthracite iron in the nation. The borough was settled in 1805 and chartered in 1853. Geography Catasauqua is located at (40.652995, -75.467627). Nearby large communities include Allentown to the south and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and or 2.31%) is water. Catasauqua Creek flows through the town. Lehigh River runs along the southwestern edge of Catasauqua. Neighboring mu ...
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Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
Whitehall Township is a township with home rule status in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 29,173 as of the 2020 census. Whitehall Township is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan region, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. The township is north of Allentown, northwest of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. History The Province of Pennsylvania was created in 1681 when King Charles II granted a charter of land in America to William Penn. 18th century After the death of Penn, his sons, John, Thomas, and Richard, became the owners of Pennsylvania. The Lenape Indian tribe deeded that part of Lehigh County lying between the South Mountain and Blue Mountain to Penn's sons in 1736. A wave of German immigrants from Germany's Palatinate settled in Whitehall Township. The first was Jacob Kohler, who settled in the vicinity of E ...
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