Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton
Easton skyline
Crayola Experience in Downtown Easton
Civil War Memorial
Official seal of Easton
Location of Easton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Northampton County in Pennsylvania (right)
Location of Easton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Northampton County in Pennsylvania (right)
Easton is located in Pennsylvania
Easton
Easton
Location of Easton in Pennsylvania
Easton is located in the United States
Easton
Easton
Easton (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°41′18″N 75°12′59″W / 40.68833°N 75.21639°W / 40.68833; -75.21639
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyNorthampton
First settled1739; 285 years ago (1739)
Incorporated as a town1752; 272 years ago (1752)
Incorporated as a cityJanuary 12, 1887; 137 years ago (1887-01-12)
Government
 • MayorSalvatore J. Panto, Jr. (D)
Area
 • City4.86 sq mi (12.59 km2)
 • Land4.26 sq mi (11.04 km2)
 • Water0.60 sq mi (1.54 km2)  12.35%
Elevation
211 ft (64 m)
Population
 • City28,127
 • Rank4th in the Lehigh Valley
16th in Pennsylvania
 • Density6,597.94/sq mi (2,547.27/km2)
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
18040, 18042–18045
Area code(s)610 and 484
FIPS code42-21648
Primary airportLehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospitalLehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School districtEaston Area
WebsiteCity of Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton is a city in and the county seat of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.[3] The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) river that joins the Delaware River in Easton and serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Easton is the easternmost city in the Lehigh Valley, a region of 731 square miles (1,890 km2) that is Pennsylvania's third-largest and the nation's 68th-largest metropolitan region with 861,889 residents as of the U.S. 2020 census. Of the Valley's three major cities, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, Easton is the smallest with approximately one-fourth the population of Allentown, the Valley's largest city.

The greater Easton area includes the city of Easton, three townships (Forks, Palmer, and Williams), and three boroughs (Glendon, West Easton, and Wilson). Centre Square, the city's town square in its downtown neighborhood, is home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a memorial for Easton area veterans killed during the American Civil War. In the first half of the 20th century, Centre Square was referred to locally as the Circle.[4] The Peace Candle, a candle-like structure, is assembled and disassembled every year atop the Civil War monument for the Christmas season.[5]

Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, formerly the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, runs through Easton on its way to Bethlehem and Allentown heading west across the Delaware River to Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Easton is located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Allentown, 51 miles (82 km) north of Philadelphia, and 64 miles (103 km) west of New York City.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 209.
  5. ^ "International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers". IBEW Journal. 90. 1991.