Christian Springs is an
unincorporated community
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in
Upper Nazareth Township,
Pennsylvania
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. It is located between the boroughs of
Bath
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* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
and
Narareth at the junction of
Pennsylvania State Routes 248 and
946
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Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Otto I invades the West Frankish Kingdom with an expeditionary force, but his armies are not strong enough ...
. It is part of the
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley () is a geography, geographic and urban area, metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a co ...
metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populated
metropolitan area
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in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Christian Springs is drained by the
Monocacy Creek southward into the
Lehigh River
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.
Italcementi
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operates a
cement
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facility in Christian Springs, which is a remnant of the Lehigh Valley's once-burgeoning cement industry.
The village is served by the
Nazareth
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post office, which uses the
ZIP Code 18064.
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Unincorporated communities in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania