Upper Saucon Township | |
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Location of Upper Saucon Township in Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°29′30″N 75°24′59″W / 40.49167°N 75.41639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lehigh |
Area | |
• Township | 24.61 sq mi (63.74 km2) |
• Land | 24.46 sq mi (63.35 km2) |
• Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.39 km2) |
Elevation | 833 ft (254 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Township | 16,973 |
• Density | 672.99/sq mi (259.84/km2) |
• Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 18015, mainly 18034 & 18036, 18049, 18060, 18103 |
Area code(s) | 610 |
FIPS code | 42-077-79288 |
Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
School district | Southern Lehigh |
Website | www |
Upper Saucon Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It 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. The township had a population of 16,973 as of the 2020 census.[2]
Upper Saucon Township is located 8.6 miles (13.8 km) southeast of Allentown, 52.5 miles (84.5 km) north of Philadelphia, and 89.5 miles (144.0 km) southwest of New York City.[3]