East Texas

East Texas is a village in Lower Macungie Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Little Lehigh Creek forms its natural southern boundary.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Also known as: “East Texas, PA”, “East Texas, Pennsylvania”, “Macungie”, “Macungie Square”, “New Texas”, and “Texas”
Postal code: 18046

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lehigh Valley Hospital and Steel Force.

Lehigh Valley Hospital

Hospital

Lehigh Valley Hospital

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Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, commonly referred… Lehigh Valley Hospital is situated 2½ miles northeast of East Texas.

Steel Force

Roller coaster

Photo: Coasterman1234, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Steel Force is a steel roller coaster located… Steel Force is situated 2½ miles northeast of East Texas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wescosville and Macungie.

Wescosville

Village

Wescosville is a census-designated place located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Macungie

Village

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Macungie is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, its second oldest. Macungie is situated 2 miles south of East Texas.

Trexlertown

Village

Trexlertown is an unincorporated community and… Trexlertown is situated 2½ miles west of East Texas.

East Texas

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.5476° or 40° 32′ 51″ north

Longitude

-75.5613° or 75° 33′ 41″ west

Elevation

446 feet (136 metres)

Open location code

87G6GCXQ+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“East Texas” goes by many names.

French: “East Texas”
Irish: “East Texas”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: East Texas Post Office and East Texas Community Park.

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