Shimersville

Shimersville is a hamlet in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Shimersville is situated nearby to the hamlet Saucon, as well as near the neighborhood Ivywood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Minsi Trail Bridge and Kirchberg.

Minsi Trail Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Minsi Trail Bridge is a bridge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which crosses the Lehigh River. It carries four lanes of Stefko Boulevard.

Kirchberg

Peak

The Kirchberg is a mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The main peak, which rises to 1,004 feet, is in Lower Saucon Township, east of Hellertown, overlooking Saucon Gap to the west. Kirchberg is situated 2 miles south of Shimersville.

St. John’s Windish Lutheran Church

Church

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St. John’s Windish Lutheran Church is situated 2 miles west of Shimersville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freemansburg and Pembroke Village.

Freemansburg

Village

Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Pembroke Village

Neighborhood

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

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.

Butztown is an unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania. It is located northeast of Bethlehem. The village is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Butztown is situated 2½ miles north of Shimersville.

Shimersville

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Cruikshanks”, “Cruikshanks Mill”, and “Crukshanks”
Category: locality
Location: Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.6176° or 40° 37′ 3″ north

Longitude

-75.33046° or 75° 19′ 50″ west

Elevation

223 feet (68 metres)

Open location code

87G6JM99+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158370896

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5211967

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