Monocacy Creek
Monocacy Creek is a river in Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Monocacy Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Monocacy Hills, as well as near Burnside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church and Burnside Plantation.
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
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Bethlehem Waterworks
Heritage site
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethlehem and Pembroke Village.
Bethlehem
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.
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.
Monocacy Creek
- Type: River
- Also known as: “Manacassee Creek”, “Managachsink Creek”, “Managassi Creek”, “Manakasie Creek”, “Manakasy Creek”, “Manakes Creek”, “Manakesis Creek”, “Manakisy Creek”, “Manockissy Creek”, “Manockisy Creek”, “Manokesy Creek”, “Manokissy Creek”, “Manookisy Creek”, “Manoquesay Creek”, “Menacasy Creek”, and “West Branch Manocasy Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.64208° or 40° 38′ 32″ northLongitude
-75.3807° or 75° 22′ 51″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
87G6JJR9+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 286494133OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5201682
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