Emerald
Emerald is an unincorporated exurban community in Washington Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is located two miles west of Slatington. Emerald is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Emerald, PA” and “Emerald, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fireman’s Drinking Fountain and Vigilant Fire Company Firemen’s Monument.
Fireman’s Drinking Fountain
Work of art
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fireman's Drinking Fountain is a historic drinking fountain located at Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1909, and is a 12-foot high monument, with a 7-foot, 3-inch, statue of a volunteer fireman holding a child in his left hand and a lantern in his right.
Vigilant Fire Company Firemen’s Monument
Memorial
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument is a historic monument located at Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slatedale and Slatington.
Slatedale
Hamlet
Slatedale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 455.
Slatington
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slatington is a borough in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The borough lies in the center of the highly populated Northeast megalopolis region of the U.S, 27 miles west of the Skylands and New Jersey state line, 69.6 miles north of Philadelphia, and 100 miles west of New York City.
Best Station
Hamlet
Best Station is an exurban unincorporated community in northern Lehigh County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located in Washington Township. Best Station 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. Best Station is situated 2 miles southwest of Emerald.
Emerald
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Washington Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.74455° or 40° 44′ 40″ northLongitude
-75.63448° or 75° 38′ 4″ westElevation
440 feet (134 metres)Open location code
87G6P9V8+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 158521850OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Emerald” goes by many names.
- French: “Emerald”
- Irish: “Emerald”
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