Trexlertown is an

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and

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(CDP) in Upper Macungie Township in Lehigh County,

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,382. It is part of the

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, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous

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in the U.S. as of the 2020 census, and lies between Breinigsville and Wescosville. The global corporate headquarters of Air Products is located immediately across the Trexlertown's eastern border with Allentown. Lehigh Valley Velodrome, a

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for professional and amateur

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, also is located next to Trexlertown, in Breinigsville.

History

Jeremiah Trexler obtained land adjoining that of his father in present-day Upper Macungie Township, where he operated a tavern as early as in 1732. Two years later, in 1734, a road was developed from his Upper Macungie Township tavern south through

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. As was the custom of the time, a village grew around the tavern, and the village came to be known as Trexlertown in honor of Trexler's role in its founding.Roberts, Stoudt, Krick and Dietrich, ''History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania'', 3:1321; "History of Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania", online <>; Thomas Lynch Montgomery, ''Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series'', 14: 269-271.

Geography

Trexlertown is located southwest of the center of Lehigh County along the southeastern edge of Upper Macungie Township at an altitude of . It is bordered to the southwest by Breinigsville and to the southeast by Lower Macungie Township. U.S. Route 222 forms the northern edge of the community; US 222 leads northeast to its terminus at Interstate 78 outside of Allentown and southwest to

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. Pennsylvania Route 100 forms the western edge of Trexlertown, leading north to its terminus at PA 309 near Pleasant Corners and south to Pottstown. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trexlertown has a total area of , of which , or 0.80%, are water. Schaefer Run and Iron Run join in the southwestern part of the community to form

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, a southwestward-flowing tributary of

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and part of the Lehigh River watershed.

Education

Trexlertown is part of the Parkland School District, and students in grades nine through 12 attend Parkland High School.

References

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