Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Official Website

The county, which was first settled around 1730, was formed in 1812 with the division of Northampton County into two counties. It is named after the Lehigh River, whose name is derived from the Delaware Indian term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks".

Adjacent Counties

• Berks County
• Bucks County
• Northampton County
• Schuylkill County
• Montgomery County
• Carbon County

Cities & Boroughs

• Alburtis
• Allentown (County Seat)
• Bethlehem (part)
• Catasauqua
• Coopersburg
• Coplay
• Emmaus
• Fountain Hill
• Macungie
• Slatington

List of Other Townships & Communities

Links

Nat'l Reg. of Hist. Places

Beyond Steel: Lehigh County History & Genealogy by Charles Rhoads Roberts, Rev. John Baer Stoudt, Rev. Thomas H. Krick, William J. Dietrich, in Two Volumes