Welshtown
Welshtown is a hamlet in Washington Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Welshtown is situated nearby to the hamlet Trout Creek, as well as near the village Walnutport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Slatington and Lehigh Gap.
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.
Lehigh Gap
Hamlet
Photo: Jstuby, Public domain.
The Lehigh Gap or Lehigh Water Gap is a water gap located in the townships of Lehigh, Washington, Lower Towamensing, and East Penn in the Lehigh Valley and Coal Region regions of eastern Pennsylvania.
Emerald
Hamlet
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.
Welshtown
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Welchtown”
- Category: locality
- Location: Washington Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.75871° or 40° 45′ 31″ northLongitude
-75.61658° or 75° 36′ 60″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
87G6Q95M+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158574923OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5218463
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