Histopolis Place-of-the-Day

Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Thursday, September 23, 2010 is the Lehigh County in Pennsylvania.

"Lehigh County is a county located in the Lehigh Valley region of the eastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 312,090. Its county seat is Allentown, the state's third largest city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In addition to Allentown, the county includes the western section of the city of Bethlehem, six boroughs and 14 townships.

"The county, which was first settled around 1730, was formed in 1812 with the division of Northampton County into two counties. It is named after the Lehigh River, whose name is derived from the Delaware Indian term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks"."

Explore Lehigh County on Histopolis now. If you have a place that you would like to see featured as the Histopolis Place-of-the-Day, contact the webmaster to suggest it.

September 2010

DayPlace
22Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
23Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
24Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky
25Culpeper National Cemetery, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia
26Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
27Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay Township, Saint Louis County, Missouri
28Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
29Florida National Cemetery, Sumter County, Florida
30Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Hennepin County, Minnesota

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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010