Ashfield is an unincorporated community in
East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, located south of
Lehighton and west of
Bowmanstown on
Route 895 at the northern foot of
Blue Mountain.
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 ...
. 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.
The grave of
Charles M. Schwab's father-in-law, Reuben Dinkey, was in a church cemetery in Ashfield. Schwab donated funds for the construction of a new church building in the town, named Dinkey Memorial Church, in 1914.
References
Unincorporated communities in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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