Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | |
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 Dery Silk Mill in the Biery's Port Historic District of Catasauqua in October 2012 | |
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 Location of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Lehigh County in Pennsylvania (right) | |
  Catasauqua Location of Catasauqua in Pennsylvania  Catasauqua Catasauqua (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 75°28′03″W / 40.65306°N 75.46750°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Barbara Schlegel |
| Area | |
• Borough | 1.33 sq mi (3.44 km2) |
| • Land | 1.29 sq mi (3.35 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Elevation | 279 ft (85 m) |
| Population | |
• Borough | 6,518 |
| • Density | 5,044.89/sq mi (1,948.11/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 18032 |
| Area codes | 610 and 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-11720 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | Catasauqua Area |
| Website | www |
Catasauqua, referred to colloquially as Catty, is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Catasauqua's population was 6,518 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
In 1839, Catasauqua was the location of the first manufactured anthracite iron in the nation. The borough was settled in 1805 and chartered in 1853.
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