Altonah
Altonah is a neighborhood in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Altonah is situated nearby to the neighborhood Macada, as well as near Brentwood Estates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Thomas United Church and First Presbyterian Church.
First Presbyterian Church
Church
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The First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was established in 1875, and the present building on Center Street was completed in 1957. The Church had 2,609 members as of June 2015 but the Presbyterian Church, like every mainline Protestant denomination, has suffered a decline in national membership, especially over the past decade.
Burnside Plantation
Heritage site
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The Burnside Plantation is a 6.5-acre plantation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is also known as the James Burnside Plantation and Lerch Farm. Burnside Plantation is situated 2½ miles southwest of Altonah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butztown and Pembroke Village.
Butztown
Hamlet
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butztown is an unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania. It is located northeast of Bethlehem. The village 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.
Pembroke Village
Neighborhood
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Pembroke is a public housing community in northeast Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The area was listed as a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Pembroke Village is situated 2 miles south of Altonah.
Freemansburg
Village
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Freemansburg is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,875 as of the 2020 census. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Freemansburg. Freemansburg is situated 2 miles south of Altonah.
Altonah
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Altona”
- Category: locality
- Location: Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.65624° or 40° 39′ 23″ northLongitude
-75.36106° or 75° 21′ 40″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
87G6MJ4Q+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 158236173OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5178193
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