New Tripoli, Pennsylvania

New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
School Creek in New Tripoli in December 2012
School Creek in New Tripoli in December 2012
Location of New Tripoli in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Location of New Tripoli in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
New Tripoli is located in Pennsylvania
New Tripoli
New Tripoli
Location of New Tripoli in Pennsylvania
New Tripoli is located in the United States
New Tripoli
New Tripoli
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°40′51″N 75°45′07″W / 40.68083°N 75.75194°W / 40.68083; -75.75194
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyLehigh
TownshipLynn
Area
 • Census-designated place0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)
 • Land0.92 sq mi (2.37 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
578 ft (176 m)
Population
 • Census-designated place840
 • Density916.03/sq mi (353.83/km2)
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18066
Area code(s)610 and 484
FIPS code42-54288
GNIS feature ID1182377[3]

New Tripoli (/trɪˈpli/ trih-POH-lee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 840.[4] New Tripoli is part of 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.

The name comes from Tripoli in Libya, in commemoration of the fighting in the Barbary Wars.[5] The pronunciation of New Tripoli is with the stress on "PO", as many non-natives make the mistake of stressing the first syllable which will often be corrected by natives. The New Tripoli ZIP Code is 18066 and it is in area code 610, exchange 298.

  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. ^ "New Tripoli". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), New Tripoli CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania place names. Pennsylvania state college studies in history and political science,no. 1College series. State College, PA: The Pennsylvania State College. p. 315. hdl:2027/mdp.39015012934249.