Macada | |
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Former Village | |
Etymology: Macadam | |
Coordinates: 40°39′25″N 75°21′22″W / 40.65682903045693°N 75.35622773495402°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Northampton |
Best's General Store opens | 1889 |
Absorbed into Bethlehem | 1904-1920 |
Founded by | William H. Best |
Macada was a former village in Northampton County, Pennsylvania located adjacent to Bethlehem. The village was initially a loosely defined farming community across the entire northern border of the borough until 1889 when William H. Best opened a general store which became the de-facto village center.[1]