Catasauqua Creek
Catasauqua Creek is an ENE–SSW oriented creek draining 6.6 miles from springs of the Blue Mountain barrier ridge several miles below the Lehigh Gap in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians located upriver and opposite from Allentown in Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Caladaqua Creek”, “Caladoque Creek”, “Calandaqua Creek”, “Calesoque Creek”, “Calisuk Creek”, “Catasocque Creek”, “Coladaque Creek”, “Colesauque Creek”, “Colesoque Creek”, “Colesquque Creek”, “Collasauque Creek”, “Gatasaque Creek”, “Gattoshacki Creek”, “Gottoschacki Creek”, “Gottshacki Creek”, and “Mill Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include George Taylor House and Whitehall Plaza.
George Taylor House
House
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The George Taylor House, also known as George Taylor Mansion, was the home of Founding Father George Taylor, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
Whitehall Plaza
Shopping center
Whitehall Plaza is a shopping mall located in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by Kohl's. Whitehall Mall was one of the Lehigh Valley's first malls and is located across from the Lehigh Valley Mall.
Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex
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Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex, also known as the D.W. Coombs Textile Machinery Company, is a historic factory complex located in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, built between 1894 and 1913 and consisting of eleven reinforced concrete buildings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Catasauqua and Hokendauqua.
West Catasauqua
Hamlet
West Catasauqua is an unincorporated village in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Once a port and station along the busy Lehigh Canal, it is colloquially known as West Catty.
Hokendauqua
Hamlet
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Hokendauqua is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Hokendauqua was 3,340 as of the 2020 census. Hokendauqua is situated 1½ miles northwest of Catasauqua Creek.
Whitehall Township
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Whitehall Township is a suburban township near Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The township is 64.1 miles north of Philadelphia, the sixth-largest city in the United States, and 93.7 miles west of New York City, the nation's largest city.
Catasauqua Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Catasauqua Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Catasauqua Creek”
- Cebuano: “Catasauqua Creek”
- Venetian: “Catasauqua”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Catasauqua and Hawktown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Catty Field and Catasauqua Lake.
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