City of Lehigh, Sumner Township, Webster County, Iowa, United States

Overview of Lehigh

• Name:
  Lehigh
• Official Name:
  City of Lehigh
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  Webster County, Iowa, United States
  

  Sumner Township (61%)
  Webster Township (30%)
  Yell Township (10%)
  
• History (GNIS):
  Settled in the 1850's, Lehigh was originally known as Slabtown because of the log slabs with which the settlers used to build their shacks along the river. In 1870, this name was abandoned for Tysons Mill, Oliver Tyson was one of Lehighs prominate settlers. Still later it was called Vesper, for a town in Pennsylvania, but this was changed to its present name, also in honor of a Pennsylvania town (IA-T1).
• Surveys:
  Fifth Principal Meridian
  

  Range 27 West
  

  Townships: 87 North

  Range 28 West
  

  Townships: 87 North
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:42.359972942° 21' 35.9"N

  Longitude:-94.052177194° 03' 07.8"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Border Plains (Washington Township) 2.6 mi. N
  • Otho (Otho Township) 6.7 mi. NW
  • Dayton (Dayton Township) 6.9 mi. S
  • Duncombe (Washington Township) 8.2 mi. N
  • Stratford (Marion Township, Hamilton County) 8.8 mi. SE
  • Harcourt (Lost Grove Township) 9.2 mi. SW
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • West Lawn 0.8 mi. W
  • Oak Grove (Yell Township) 1.1 mi. S
  • Border Plains (Washington Township) 2.5 mi. N
  • Ober and Scott (Washington Township) 3.2 mi. NE
  • Hartman (Webster Township) 3.5 mi. E
  • McGuire (Yell Township) 3.5 mi. E
  • Blanchard (Washington Township) 4 mi. NE
  • Otho (Otho Township) 4.4 mi. NW
  • Low (Yell Township) 4.8 mi. SE
  • Washington (Washington Township) 5.6 mi. NE
  • Pleasant Valley (Pleasant Valley Township) 6.3 mi. N
  • Vegars (Webster Township) 6.3 mi. SE
• Population:
  482
• Elevation:
  294 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  942933339
• Updated Apr 19, 2020