Lower Saucon Township | |
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Coordinates: 40°38′00″N 75°16′59″W / 40.63333°N 75.28306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Northampton |
Area | |
• City | 24.51 sq mi (63.48 km2) |
• Land | 24.27 sq mi (62.86 km2) |
• Water | 0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2) |
Elevation | 417 ft (127 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 10,772 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 10,813 |
• Density | 445.55/sq mi (172.02/km2) |
• Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 18015 and 18055 |
Area code(s) | 610 |
FIPS code | 42-095-45104 |
Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
School district | Saucon Valley |
Website | www |
Lower Saucon Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 10,772 as of the 2010 census. The township 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.
Lower Saucon Township is located 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Allentown, 58.9 miles (94.8 km) north of Philadelphia, and 83.6 miles (134.5 km) west of New York City. Addresses in nearby in township are either Hellertown or Bethlehem.