Washington Township | |
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Township | |
Location of Washington Township in Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°50′00″N 75°11′59″W / 40.83333°N 75.19972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Northampton |
Settled | 1730 |
Area | |
• Township | 17.96 sq mi (46.52 km2) |
• Land | 17.79 sq mi (46.07 km2) |
• Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.46 km2) |
Elevation | 390 ft (120 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Township | 5,122 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 5,220 |
• Density | 293.47/sq mi (113.31/km2) |
• Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 610 = |
FIPS code | 42-095-81296 |
Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
School district | Bangor Area |
Website | washington-township.com |
Washington Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Washington Township was 5,122 at the 2010 census. Washington 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.