Summary
Berlinsville is an unincorporated community in Lehigh Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Berlinsville, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 PA 248 eastbound in Berlinsville | |
  Berlinsville Location of Berlinsville in Pennsylvania  Berlinsville Berlinsville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°46′7″N 75°34′26″W / 40.76861°N 75.57389°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Northampton |
| Township | Lehigh |
| Elevation | 176 m (577 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 610 and 484 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1169304[1] |
History and geography edit
The village is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania State Routes 248 and 946.[2]
The village is named for the Berlin family. Abraham Berlin emigrated to Northampton County from the Palatinate region of Germany in 1738. Berlin settled in Easton, where he was a blacksmith by trade and during the Revolutionary War served as chairman of the Northampton County Committee of Safety. Berlin's grandson, Abraham Berlin III, who was born in Easton in 1777, later settled in what is now Berlinsville.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Berlinsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Northampton County Maps: Lehigh Township (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Wright, James; Wright, Wright (1988). Place Names of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Nazareth, Pennsylvania: J&L Wright. pp. 15–16.