Germansville ( ) is an exurban,
unincorporated community
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which is located in
Heidelberg Township in
Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania
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.
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 ...
, 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.
Geography
Situated on
Jordan Creek, it is located approximately north of
Pleasant Corners and northwest of
Allentown Allentown may refer to:
Places
* Allentown, California, now called Toadtown, California
* Allentown, Georgia, a city in four counties in Georgia
* Allentown, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Tazewell County
* Allentown, New Jersey, a boroug ...
.
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Unincorporated communities in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania