Mickleys is an

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that is located in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County,

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. It is situated on

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, also known as MacArthur Road. It is part of the

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, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous

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in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

History

This Pennsylvania village was named after the family of John Jacob Mickley (1697–1769), who settled here in 1745. St. John's United Church of Christ, commonly called Mickley's Church, was built in 1849. Originally known as the South Whitehall Church, it was a Union Church with both

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and

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congregations. Jacob Mickley (1794–1888), great-grandson of John Jacob, was an elder who served on the building committee.

References

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