Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania
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Not to be confused with East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; North Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania; or West Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania.
Bethlehem Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Bethlehem Township was 23,730 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Bethlehem and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan statistical 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.
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Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 40°40′00″N 75°17′59″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Northampton |
Area | |
• City | 14.60 sq mi (37.82 km2) |
• Land | 14.43 sq mi (37.38 km2) |
• Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2) |
Elevation | 440 ft (130 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 23,730 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 23,952 |
• Density | 1,659.65/sq mi (640.81/km2) |
• Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 18020, 18045 |
Area codes | 610 and 484 |
FIPS code | 42-095-06096 |
Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
School district | Bethlehem Area |
Website | http://bethlehemtownship.org/ |
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Bethlehem Township is located 13.6 miles (21.9 km) northeast of Allentown, 73.2 miles (117.8 km) north of Philadelphia, and 79.5 miles (127.9 km) west of New York City.