Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania

Not to be confused with North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania; South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania; or Whitehall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Whitehall Township
Township
Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill, built in 1807 in Whitehall Township, in October 2012
Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill, built in 1807 in Whitehall Township, in October 2012
Official seal of Whitehall Township
Seal
Location of Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Location of Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Whitehall Township is located in Pennsylvania
Whitehall Township
Whitehall Township
Location of Whitehall Township in Pennsylvania
Whitehall Township is located in the United States
Whitehall Township
Whitehall Township
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°40′00″N 75°30′00″W / 40.66667°N 75.50000°W / 40.66667; -75.50000
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyLehigh
Government
 • MayorJoseph J. Marx, Jr.[1] (Democratic)
Area
[2]
 • Township
12.86 sq mi (33.31 km2)
 • Land12.57 sq mi (32.55 km2)
 • Water0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2)
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Population
 (2010)[3]
 • Township
26,738
 • Estimate 
(2016)[4]
27,423
 • Density2,181.80/sq mi (842.43/km2)
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18052
Area code(s)610 and 484
FIPS code42-077-84528
Primary airportLehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospitalLehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School districtWhitehall-Coplay
Websitewww.whitehalltownship.org
Breadon Field, which was home to three Minor League Baseball teams during its existence, was based in Whitehall Township from 1948 until its 1964 demolition.
MacArthur Road's retail corridor in Whitehall Township in June 2015
Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township in October 2011
Lehigh Valley Mall's second floor interior, in Whitehall Township in October 2020

Whitehall Township is a township with home rule status in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 26,738 as of the 2010 census.

Whitehall Township is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan region, 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 is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) north of Allentown, 64.1 miles (103.2 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 93.7 miles (150.8 km) west of New York City.[5]

  1. ^ "Administration". Whitehall Township. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Whitehall township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Official Borough of Emmaus Pennsylvania". www.borough.emmaus.pa.us. Retrieved December 20, 2016.