New Tripoli ( ) is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Lynn Township in
Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania
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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 840.
New Tripoli is part of the
Lehigh Valley
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, which had 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.
New Tripoli was originally founded in 1812 as Saegersville, but was changed in 1816 to New Tripoli in honor of the success of the American navy in 1815 during the
Barbary Wars at
Tripoli in what is now
Libya
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.
Unlike how the capital of the country
Libya
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is normally pronounced by Americans, the pronunciation of New Tripoli is with the stress on "PO", as many non-natives make the mistake of stressing the first syllable which will often be corrected by natives. The New Tripoli
ZIP Code is 18066 and it is in
area code 610, exchange 298.
Geography
New Tripoli is located at the intersection of Madison Street and
Pennsylvania Route 143 near
Pennsylvania Route 309 on the northern edge of the
Lehigh Valley
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region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is in northwestern Lehigh County, in the eastern part of Lynn Township. PA 143 leads east to PA 309 and southwest to
Kempton. PA 309 leads southeast to the west side of the
Allentown area and northwest across
Blue Mountain to
Tamaqua.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, New Tripoli has a total area of , of which , or 0.16%, are water.
School Creek flows westward through the north side of town, joining
Ontelaunee Creek just west of the CDP border. Water runoff from the town flows via School Creek, Ontelaunee Creek, and
Maiden Creek to the
Schuylkill River
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, part of the
Delaware River
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watershed.
Education
The village is served by
Northwestern Lehigh School District, which is located in New Tripoli.
References
Census-designated places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
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