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Lehigh County was formed in 1812 from parts of Northampton County. Its county seat is Allentown. Lehigh County is named after the Lehigh River, which runs through the county's two largest cities, Allentown and Bethlehem. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the eastern part of the state.

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Lehigh County Data Online

Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past

 Added more news articles from 1832-1853.  Includes death notices for Abraham Moser and Gen. Thomas Craig


Obituaries and Death Notices

NEW!! 01/12/08:  Col. Samuel Meyers

Boroughs and Census Designated Places
Alburtis Allen Junction Allentown Ancient Oaks Arlington Knolls
Balliettsville Best Station Bittners Corner Breinigsville Bungalow Park
Catasauqua Cedarbrook County Home Cementon Center Valley
Centreville Cetronia Chapman Chestnut Hill Claussville
Coffeetown Colesville Coopersburg Coplay Corning
Crackersport Custer Dewey Heights Diebertsville Dillingerville
Dorneyville East Fogelsville East Texas Egypt Emerald
Emmaus Evergreen Park Farmington Fogelsville Fountain Hill
Friedens Friedensville Fullerton Gauff Hill Germansville
Greenawalds Guth Guthsville Haafsville Haines
Helfrichsville Hensingersville Hillside Hokendauqua Home Park
Hosensack Hynemansville Ironton Jacksonville Jordan Valley
Juniper Circle Kernsville Krassdale Krocksville Kuhnsville
Lanark Laurys Station Leather Corner Post Lehigh Furnace Lehigh Gap
Limeport Litzenberg Lochland Lockridge Locust Valley
Lynnport Lynnville Lyon Valley Macungie Mechanicsville
Metamora Station Meyersville Mickleys Mickleys Gardens Milford Park
Minesite Mosserville Neffs New Smithville New Tripoli
Newhard Newside Newtown North Coplay North Fogelsville Old Zionsville
Orefield Ormrod Overlook Springs Park Way Manor Parkside Courts Peters Store
Pleasant Corners Powder Valley Raberts Corner Raubs Mills Rextown
Rising Sun River View Rockdale Ruchsville Ruppsville
Saegersville Saucon Valley Saucon Valley Terrace Scheidy Scherersville
Schnecksville Schneidersville Seiberlingville Seiple Seipstown Shankweilers
Shimerville Sigmund Slatedale Slateville Slatington
Spring Creek Steinsville Sterlingworth Stetlersville Stiles
Stines Corner Summit Lawn Switzer Trexlertown Trout Creek
Unionville Vera Cruz Vera Cruz Station Walbert Wanamakers
Weidasville Weilersville Weisenberg Wellington Welshtown
Wennersville Werleys Corner Wescosville West Catasauqua Westwood Heights
Williamstown Woodlawn Zionsville

Townships

Hanover Township

Heidelberg Township

Lower Macungie Township

Lower Milford Township

Lowhill Township

Lynn Township

North Whitehall Township

Salisbury Township

South Whitehall Township

Upper Macungie Township

Upper Milford Township

Upper Saucon Township

Washington Township

Weisenberg Township

Whitehall Township

Surrounding Counties

Carbon County (north)

Bucks County (southeast)

Berks County (southwest)

Northampton County (northeast)

Montgomery County (south)

Schuylkill County (west)

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