Cementon is an

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and

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(CDP) in Lehigh County,

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. The town is in Whitehall Township, north of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population of Cementon was 1,657. Cementon is part of the

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metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous

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in the U.S. as of 2020. It uses the Whitehall Township ZIP Code of 18052.

Geography

Cementon is in northeastern

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situated along the

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across from

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in Northampton County. It is bordered to the west by the unincorporated community of

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passes through the center of Cementon, crossing the Lehigh east into Northampton and leading west through Egypt to Neffs.

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forms the western boundary of Cementon, crossing PA 329 in the Eagle Point neighborhood. PA 145 leads northwest to Walnutport and south to the center of

. According to the

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, Cementon has a total area of , of which , or 2.94%, are water. The town is part of the

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watershed.

History

Cementon was originally known as "Siegfried's Ferry" as it is located directly across the

from Siegfried, one of the three villages that would merge to become Northampton in 1902. In 1828, a bridge was built across the river, and the town became known as Siegfried's Bridge. After a large Whitehall Portland Cement Works quarry and mill were established in 1900–01, the town was renamed "Cementon".Roberts 1936, p. 11

Education

Cementon is part of the

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. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Whitehall High School.

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