Friedensville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedensville is an unincorporated community which is located in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It 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.
Friedensville, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Location of Friedensville in Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°33′33″N 75°23′41″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lehigh |
Township | Upper Saucon Township |
Elevation | 130 m (420 ft) |
Population | |
• Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 18017 |
GNIS feature ID | 1175250 [1] |
The community's name is derived from the German: Friedenskirche, "Church of peace".[2] Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.
Friedensville Zinc Mines, founded in 1845, were an important operation in Friedensville.[3] Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, around 1830.[4]
In 1881, Franklin Osgood purchased the Lehigh Zinc Company’s mines and formed the Friedensville Zinc Company. He built a zinc oxide plant and zinc smelter in Friedensville.[5][6][7]
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