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
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, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous
metropolitan area
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in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Trout Creek flows eastward through it into the
Lehigh River
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in Slatington.
Interstate 476
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, the Northeast Extension of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike
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, 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