City of Bethlehem

Bethlehem is one of three cities, along with Allentown and Easton, that are the urban population centers of the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania. In the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem borders Nazareth to its northwest, Allentown to its west, Hellertown to its southeast, and Easton to its east.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bethlehem Waterworks and Gristmiller’s House.

Bethlehem Waterworks

Heritage site

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

The Bethlehem Waterworks, also known as the Old Waterworks or 1762 Waterworks, is believed to be the oldest pump-powered public water supply in what is now the United States.

Gristmiller’s House

Heritage site

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

The Gristmiller's House, also known as The Miller's House, is an historic home which is located in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

The Tannery

Historic building

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The Tannery is a historic tannery building constructed by the colonial Moravians in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is a limestone building built in 1761, and is part of the Bethlehem Colonial Industrial Quarter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hellertown and Fountain Hill.

Hellertown

Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hellertown is a borough in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Smaller than the region's main municipalities, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, Hellertown is located south of South Bethlehem.

Fountain Hill

Village

Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fountain Hill is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Fountain Hill was 4,832 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 4,597 tabulated in 2010. Fountain Hill is situated 2½ miles southwest of City of Bethlehem.

City of Bethlehem

Type: Locality with 75,000 residents
Location: Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.6266° or 40° 37′ 36″ north

Longitude

-75.3679° or 75° 22′ 4″ west

Population

75,000

Elevation

344 feet (105 metres)

Open location code

87G6JJGJ+MR

GeoNames ID

5180244

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Localities in the Area

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