Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States

Details for Lehigh County

Name

Lehigh County

Place Type

County

Located in

Pennsylvania, United States

County Seat

Allentown

Coordinates

Latitude		40.7503729		40° 45' 01.3" N
Longitude		-75.6249088		75° 37' 29.7" W

Population

291,130

Elevation

165 m

Surrounding Counties

Northampton NE
Bucks SE
Montgomery S
Berks SW
Schuylkill W
Carbon N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1209182

Histopolis Place ID

317633651

Updated Dec 22, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Lehigh County

18 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Cemeteries in or near Lehigh County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=14297&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (25 Nov 2008)

Lehigh County PA
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palehigh/ (17 Sep 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Lehigh County, Pa. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
http://www.interment.net/us/pa/lehigh.htm (16 May 2010)

Welcome to LCHS
http://www.lchs.museum/index.htm (3 Sep 2010)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania PA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania PA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=14297 (22 Nov 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2279 (10 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Lehigh County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Lehigh County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/PA/Lehigh/cem/ (6 Nov 2008)

Lehigh County PA USGW Archives - Cemetery Records [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lehigh/cemet.htm (8 Dec 2009)

Welcome to LCHS
http://www.lehighcountyhistoricalsociety.org/ (3 Sep 2010)

Lehigh County PA USGenWeb Archives - Home [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lehigh/ (23 Sep 2010)

Pennsylvania Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Pennsylvania Gravestone Photos]
Research your Pennsylvania ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Pennsylvania gravestone photos. Locate Pennsylvania gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Pennsylvania roots.
http://pennsylvaniagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=39 (27 Nov 2010)

Lehigh County Cemeteries [Leibenguth Family Tree]
http://home.ptd.net/~mvargo/lehighcemet.html (24 Sep 2009)

EveryNameIndex.com - Every Name Index to History of Lehigh Co, PA, Volume 1, 2, 3 (1914) [EveryNameIndex.com] Added Dec 5, 2011
Compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2009. Original text by Charles Rhoads Roberts, et al, publish by Lehigh Valley Publishing Co., 1914, reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1976. The index for Volume 1 contains over 31, 800 entries, Volume 2 over 62,900 ...
http://www.everynameindex.com/LehighCoPA.html (2 Dec 2011)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania (24 Jul 2010)

The 1812 Project - Early Surnames in Lehigh Co PA [C. F. Kerchner & Associates, Inc.]
Early Surnames in Lehigh County PA - The 1812 Project
http://www.kerchner.com/1812.htm (30 Aug 2008)

Lehigh County General Error Page
The Official Website for the County of Lehigh, Pennsylvania
http://www.lehighcounty.org/Home/tabid/805/Default.aspx (21 Sep 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Lehigh County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Lehigh County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/PA/Lehigh/ (28 Feb 2010)

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Townships, Boroughs and Cities of Lehigh County

15 Townships, 8 Boroughs, 1 City (Township is assumed unless noted)

Alburtis (borough)	Allentown (city)	Catasauqua (borough)	Coopersburg (borough)
Coplay (borough)	Emmaus (borough)	Fountain Hill (borough)	Hanover
Heidelberg	Lower Macungie	Lower Milford	Lowhill
Lynn	Macungie (borough)	North Whitehall	Salisbury
Slatington (borough)	South Whitehall	Upper Macungie	Upper Milford
Upper Saucon	Washington	Weisenberg	Whitehall

Cities of Lehigh County

2 Cities, 8 Boroughs, 165 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

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

Cemeteries of Lehigh County

84 Cemeteries, 37 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Agudath Achim	Allentown	Arlington	Arlington Memorial (*)
Arlington Memorial Park (*)	Assumption	Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary (*)	Baptist Brethren
Bethany United Methodist Church	Beth-El Memorial Park	Brith Sholom	Calvary
Calvary Bible Fellowship Church	Cedar Church	Cedar Heights	Cedar Hill Memorial Park
Cedar Union (*)	Centreville Fellowship	Chestnut Hill Church	Christ Church
Congregation Agudath Achim (*)	Congregation Brith Sholom (*)	Congregation Sons of Israel	Coplay
Eastern Salisbury (*)	Ebenezer Union	Ebenezer's UCC (*)	Egypt
Emil Zola	Emmaus Moravian	Evangelical (*)	Fairview (Allentown)
Fairview (Slatington)	Fairview (Whitehall Township)	Fogelsville Reformed	Fountain Hill
Friedens Church	Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church	Friedens Union Lutheran Church (*)	Friedensville (*)
Garden of Peace (*)	Gethsemane (*)	Gods Acre	Gods Bible Holiness Church
Grace United Methodist Church	Grand View (*)	Grandview (Macungie)	Grandview (South Whitehall Township)
Greenwood	Heidelberg Union Church	Highland	Highland Park (*)
Hillside	Hosensack Evangelical Congregational Church	Immaculate Conception Catholic	Immanuel Church of the United Brethern in Christ (*)
Jacob's UCC	Jerusalem UCC	Jordan Lutheran (Old)	Jordan Reformed Church
Jordon UCC (*)	Keneseth Israel	L & R (*)	Laurel
Laurel Hill	Lehigh Church (*)	Linden Street (*)	Lowhill Church
Lutheran and Reformed	Lutheran Reformed (*)	Mickleys Church	Millers
Morgenland	Morgenland	Neffs Union	Northwood
Old Union	Rittersville	Saint John Union Church (*)	Saint John's
Saint Marks	Saint Marys	Saint Paul's	Saint Pauls Blue Chuch
Saint Pauls Blue Church (*)	Saint Paul's UCC	Saint Paul's (Coopersburg)	Saint Peter’s Union (* Macungie)
Saint Peters Union Church (Macungie)	Saint Peters (Hokendauqua)	Saint Peter's (* Macungie)	Salem United Methodist Church
Schoenersville	Seiberlingville (*)	Shoenersville (*)	Slatedale
St. Marks (*)	St. Marys (*)	St. Peters (* Hokendauqua)	Trinity Great Swamp UCC
Union & West End	Union (Upper Milford Township)	Union (Washington Township)	Union (*)
Union Church (North Whitehall Township)	Union Church (Upper Macungie Township)	Union West End (*)	United Brethren
Upper Milford Mennonite Church	Weisenberg Church (*)	Weisenberg Lutheran Church	West End (*)
West End / Union (*)	Western Salisbury Church	Woodland (*)	Woodlawn Memorial Park
Ziegel's Church	Ziegels Union	Zion	Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church (*)
Zions Evangelical Lutheran Church

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