Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 267,066 people, 101,541 households, and 71,078 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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 was 714 people per square mile (276/km²). There were 106,710 housing units at an average density of 286 per square mile (110/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.23% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 2.77% Black
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 or African American
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, 0.15% Native American
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, 1.37% Asian
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, 0.03% Pacific Islander
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, 3.06% from other races
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, and 1.39% from two or more races. 6.69% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 24.0% were of German, 14.0% Italian
Italian people
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, 8.8% Irish
Irish people
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, 5.1% English
English people
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 and 5.1% American
United States
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 ancestry according to Census 2000. 89.3% spoke English
English language
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 and 5.5% Spanish
Spanish language
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 as their first language.

There were 101,541 households out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.40% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.30% under the age of 18, 9.20% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

Politics

As of January 2010, there are 196,862 registered voters in Northampton County.
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
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    : 98,451 (50.00%)
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

    : 65,975 (33.51%)
  • Other Parties: 32,436 (16.48%)


In recent decades, Northampton has been identified as one of Pennsylvania's "swing counties," with statewide winners carrying it in most cases. All five statewide winners carried it in November 2004 and all four statewide Democratic candidates carried it in November 2008, with its DA John Morganelli doing well there despite losing statewide to incumbent Attorney General Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
Thomas W. Corbett is the 46th and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. He is a former Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was elected to that office in 2004 and reelected in 2008...

. The Democratic Party has been dominant most of the time in county-level politics in recent decades, County Executive John Stoffa, and most of the row offices. However with only two out of nine current county council seats.

County Council Members

  • John Cusick, President, Republican, (At-Large)
  • Margaret (Peg) Ferraro, Vice President, Republican, (At-Large)
  • Ron Angle, Republican, District 4
  • Thomas H Dietrich, Republican, (At-Large)
  • J. Michael Dowd, Republican, District 2
  • Bruce A Gilbert, Republican, (At-Large)
  • Lamont G. McClure Jr., Democrat, District 3
  • Ann McHale, Democrat, District 1
  • Barbara A. Thierry, Republican, (At-Large)

State Representatives

  • Justin Simmons
    Justin Simmons
    Justin Simmons is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who is serving his first term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives...

    , Republican, 131st district
  • Joseph F. Brennan
    Joseph F. Brennan
    Joseph F. Brennan is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 133rd legislative district. He was elected in 2006....

    , Democrat, 133rd district
  • Steve Samuelson
    Steve Samuelson
    Steve Samuelson is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-External links:* official PA House website* official Party website...

    , Democrat, 135th district
  • Robert L. Freeman, Democrat, 136th district
  • Joe Emrick, Republican, 137th district
  • Marcia Hahn, Republican, 138th district
  • Julie Harhart
    Julie Harhart
    Julie Harhart has represented the 183rd Legislative District of Pennsylvania, USA, since 1994. She is the Republican Chairman of the House Local Government Committee and a member of the House Professional Licensure Committee.-Personal:...

    , Republican, 183rd district

State Senators

  • Pat Browne
    Pat Browne
    Patrick M. Browne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 16th District since 2005. His district includes portions of Lehigh County, Monroe County and Northampton County....

    , Republican, 16th district
  • Lisa Boscola
    Lisa Boscola
    Lisa M. Boscola is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th Senate District which includes portions of Lehigh, Northampton and Monroe counties. She is in the Democratic Party.Boscola is a resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...

    , Democrat, 18th district
  • Bob Mensch
    Bob Mensch
    Robert "Bob" Mensch is a Republican politician. He is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he represented the 147th legislative district. He was first elected in 2006 to succeed the retiring Raymond Bunt, Jr..Mensch attended Valley Forge Military Academy and College...

    , Republican, 24th district
  • Dave Argall
    Dave Argall
    David G. Argall, Ph.D. is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, elected in a special election on March 3, 2009 following the death of fellow Republican James J. Rhoades. He was previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives where he was first elected to the House in 1984 and...

    , Republican, 29th district

Notable people

  • Marco Andretti
    Marco Andretti
    Marco Michael Andretti is an Italian American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series. He is the son of 1991 IndyCar World Series champion Michael Andretti and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti...

    , professional race car driver.
  • Mario Andretti
    Mario Andretti
    Mario Gabriele Andretti is a retired Italian American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR...

    , former professional race car driver.
  • Michael Andretti
    Michael Andretti
    Michael Mario Andretti is a retired American CART and Formula One driver and owner of the Andretti Autosport team in the IndyCar Series. Andretti is the son of Mario Andretti. His son is Marco Andretti.-Early career:...

    , professional racing team owner, former professional race car driver.
  • Jonathan Frakes
    Jonathan Frakes
    Jonathan Scott Frakes is an American actor, author and director best known for his role as Commander William T. Riker in the Star Trek franchise, as well as for his tenure as host of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction ....

    , director and actor.
  • Larry Holmes
    Larry Holmes
    Larry Holmes is a former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin....

    , boxing's former heavyweight champion of the world.
  • Daniel Dae Kim, actor.
  • Samuel Henry Kress, founder of S. H. Kress & Co.
    S. H. Kress & Co.
    S. H. Kress & Co. was the trading name of a chain of "five and dime" retail department stores in the United States, which operated from 1896 to 1981....

     and noted art collector.
  • Kristen Maloney
    Kristen Maloney
    Kristin Ann Maloney , also known as Kristen Maloney, is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, United States, who was coached by Jack Carter in the 2000 Olympics and won bronze in the Team Event. Maloney was also the U.S...

    , gymnast
    Gymnastics
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     and former Olympian
    Olympic Games
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    .
  • Bob Parsons, former professional football player, Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

    .
  • Aldo Ray
    Aldo Ray
    Aldo Ray was an American actor.-Life and career:Ray was born in Pen Argyl, PA, to an Italian family of five brothers and one sister. His brother Mario lettered in football at USC in the years 1952-54...

    , actor.
  • Daniel Roebuck
    Daniel Roebuck
    Daniel James Roebuck is an American television film actor, writer and producer, primarily in films, soap operas and television.-Life and career:...

    , actor.
  • Brian Schneider
    Brian Schneider
    Brian Duncan Schneider is an American Major League Baseball catcher.-Early life:Schneider was born in Jacksonville, Florida to Peter and Karen Schneider...

    , professional baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
    Philadelphia Phillies
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    .
  • Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup...

    , NASCAR
    NASCAR
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     and modified driver.
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas
    Jonathan Taylor Thomas
    Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...

    , actor.
  • George Wolf
    George Wolf
    George Wolf was the seventh Governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835.Wolf was born in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1799 and commenced practice in Easton, Pennsylvania. He served as postmaster of Easton in 1802 and 1803...

    , Governor of Pennsylvania 1829–1835.

Municipalities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and two towns. The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Northampton County:

Cities

  • Bethlehem
    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

  • Easton
    Easton, Pennsylvania
    Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....


Boroughs

  • Bangor
    Bangor, Pennsylvania
    Bangor is a borough located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, west of New York City, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt. It had a population of 5,273 at the 2010 census.-History:...

  • Bath
    Bath, Pennsylvania
    Bath is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is named for Bath, Somerset, England. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Bath was 2,693 at the 2010 census.-History:...

  • Chapman
    Chapman, Pennsylvania
    Chapman is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Chapman is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Chapman was 234 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chapman is located at ....

  • East Bangor
    East Bangor, Pennsylvania
    East Bangor is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt .The population of East Bangor was 1,172 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

  • Freemansburg
    Freemansburg, Pennsylvania
    Freemansburg is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Freemansburg is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Freemansburg was 1,897 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Glendon
    Glendon, Pennsylvania
    Glendon is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Glendon is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Glendon was 367 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Glendon is located at ....

  • Hellertown
    Hellertown, Pennsylvania
    Hellertown is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Hellertown is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, and geographically in the Saucon Valley.The population of Hellertown was 5,606 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Nazareth
    Nazareth, Pennsylvania
    Nazareth is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 6,023 at the 2000 census.Nazareth is located seven miles northwest of Easton, four miles north of Bethlehem and twelve miles northeast of Allentown...

  • North Catasauqua
    North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
    North Catasauqua is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. North Catasauqua in located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. The borough was founded in 1907...

  • Northampton
    Northampton, Pennsylvania
    Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The borough is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania...

  • Pen Argyl
    Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
    Pen Argyl is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, north of Easton, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.-Population:In 1900, 2,784 people lived in Pen Argyl, and in 1910, 3,967 people lived here...

  • Portland
    Portland, Pennsylvania
    Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Portland is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.The population of Portland was 579 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Roseto
    Roseto, Pennsylvania
    Roseto is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Roseto is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.The population of Roseto was 1,653 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Stockertown
    Stockertown, Pennsylvania
    Stockertown is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The small borough contains large industries, such as, Hercules Cement, Polymer Products, and Praxair. The Borough is located within a 2-mile radius and provides...

  • Tatamy
    Tatamy, Pennsylvania
    Tatamy is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Tatamy is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is named for Moses Tunda Tatamy.The population of Tatamy was 930 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Walnutport
    Walnutport, Pennsylvania
    Walnutport is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Incorporated in 1909, Walnutport is located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania along the Lehigh River.The population of Walnutport was 2,043 at the 2000 census. The U.S...

  • West Easton
    West Easton, Pennsylvania
    West Easton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. West Easton is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, in the greater Easton area.The population of West Easton was 1,152 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Wilson
    Wilson, Pennsylvania
    Wilson is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, and is adjacent to Easton, the smallest and easternmost of the Lehigh Valley's three cities....

  • Wind Gap
    Wind Gap, Pennsylvania
    Wind Gap is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Wind Gap is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt .The population of Wind Gap was 2,720 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...


  • Townships

    • Allen Township
    • Bethlehem Township
    • Bushkill Township
    • East Allen Township
    • Forks Township
      Forks Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
      Forks Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Forks Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Forks Township was 8,419 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Hanover Township
    Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
    Hanover Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hanover Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Hanover Township was 10,866 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

  • Lehigh Township
    Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
    Lehigh Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lehigh Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Lehigh Township was 9,728 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Lower Mount Bethel Township
  • Lower Nazareth Township
  • Lower Saucon Township
  • Moore Township
  • Palmer Township
  • Plainfield Township
  • Upper Mount Bethel Township
  • Upper Nazareth Township
  • Washington Township
    Washington Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
    Washington Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Washington Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state...

  • Williams Township
    Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
    Williams Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Williams Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Williams Township was 4,470 at the 2000 census.-History:...


  • Census-designated places

    Census-designated place
    Census-designated place
    A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

    s are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau
    United States Census Bureau
    The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

     for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.

    • Belfast
      Belfast, Pennsylvania
      Belfast is a census-designated place in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state...

    • Eastlawn Gardens
      Eastlawn Gardens, Pennsylvania
      Eastlawn Gardens is a census-designated place in Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Eastlawn Gardens is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state....

    • Middletown
      Middletown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
      Middletown is a census-designated place in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Middletown was 7,378 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

    • Old Orchard
      Old Orchard, Pennsylvania
      Old Orchard is a census-designated place in Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.As of the 2000 census, Old Orchard had a total population of 2,443.-Geography:...

    • Palmer Heights
      Palmer Heights, Pennsylvania
      Palmer Heights is a census-designated place in Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Palmer Heights was 3,612 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...



    Colleges & Universities

    • Lafayette College
      Lafayette College
      Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832...

      , Easton.
    • Lehigh University
      Lehigh University
      Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

      , Bethlehem.
    • Moravian College
      Moravian College
      Moravian College a private liberal arts college, and the associated Moravian Theological Seminary are located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Lehigh Valley region.-History:...

      , Bethlehem.
    • Northampton County Area Community College
      Northampton Community College
      Northampton Community College is a community college in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, USA, just outside the city of Bethlehem. The college, founded in 1967, also has a second campus in Pocono Township in neighboring Monroe County...

      , Bethlehem Township.

    Public school districts & schools

    • Bangor Area School District
      Bangor Area School District
      The Bangor Area School District is a midsized, public school district located in Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It covers approximately serving the Boroughs of Bangor, East Bangor, Portland and Roseto and Upper Mount Bethel Township, Washington Township and most of Lower Mount Bethel...

      • Bangor Area High School
        Bangor Area High School
        Bangor Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Bangor Area School District. Its colors are maroon and white and its mascot is the Slater....

        , Upper Mount Bethel Township
        Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania
        Upper Mount Bethel Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Upper Mount Bethel Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt....

    • Bethlehem Area School District
      Bethlehem Area School District
      The Bethlehem Area School District covers the City of Bethlehem, the Boroughs of Fountain Hill and Freemansburg and Bethlehem Township and Hanover Township in Lehigh County and Northampton County. The district operates two High Schools, four Middle Schools and sixteen Elementary Schools as well as...

      • Freedom High School
        Freedom High School (Pennsylvania)
        Freedom High School is a public high school, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. Freedom is one of two public high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District. It is located at 3149 Chester Avenue, Bethlehem Township.The total...

        , Bethlehem
        Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
        Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

      • Liberty High School
        Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
        For schools with similar names, see Liberty High School.Liberty High School is a public high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States....

        , Bethlehem
        Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
        Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

    • Catasauqua Area School District
      Catasauqua Area School District
      The Catasauqua Area School District spans portions of two counties. In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania it covers the Borough of Catasauqua and Hanover Township. In Northampton County, Pennsylvania it covers the Borough of North Catasauqua...

      • Catasauqua High School
        Catasauqua High School
        Catasauqua High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. The school's mascot is the Rough Rider...

        , Northampton
        Northampton, Pennsylvania
        Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The borough is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania...

    • Easton Area School District
      Easton Area School District
      Easton Area School District is an urban, suburban, and rural public school district located in Northampton County and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. In Northampton County it serves the city of Easton, as well as Forks, Palmer, and portions of Lower Mount Bethel Townships. In Bucks County, it...

      • Easton Area High School, Palmer Township
        Palmer Township, Pennsylvania
        Palmer Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Palmer Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state....

    • Nazareth Area School District
      Nazareth Area School District
      Nazareth Area School District is a school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the boroughs of Nazareth, Stockertown, and Tatamy; as well as Bushkill, Lower Nazareth, and Upper Nazareth Townships. District enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year...

      • Nazareth Area High School
        Nazareth Area High School
        Nazareth High School is a public high school located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Nazareth Area School District and serves grades 9 through 12. Its mascot is the Blue Eagle and school colors are blue and white. Student enrollment for the...

        , Nazareth
        Nazareth, Pennsylvania
        Nazareth is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 6,023 at the 2000 census.Nazareth is located seven miles northwest of Easton, four miles north of Bethlehem and twelve miles northeast of Allentown...

    • Northampton Area School District
      Northampton Area School District
      Northampton Area School District is a public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Northampton Area School District is the Home of the Konkrete Kids...

      • Northampton Area High School
        Northampton Area High School
        Northampton Area High School is the secondary school in the Northampton Area School District, located in Northampton, Pennsylvania, in the United States....

        , Northampton
        Northampton, Pennsylvania
        Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The borough is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania...

    • Pen Argyl Area School District
      Pen Argyl Area School District
      Pen Argyl Area School District is a public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the boroughs of Pen Argyl and Wind Gap; as well as Plainfield Township....

      • Pen Argyl Area High School
        Pen Argyl Area High School
        Pen Argyl Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Pen Argyl Area School District.Its colors are green and white and its mascot is the Green Knight....

        , Pen Argyl
        Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
        Pen Argyl is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, north of Easton, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.-Population:In 1900, 2,784 people lived in Pen Argyl, and in 1910, 3,967 people lived here...

    • Saucon Valley School District
      Saucon Valley School District
      Saucon Valley School District is a midsized susburban public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the borough of Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township. Saucon Valley School District encompasses approximately 20 square miles. According to 2000...

      • Saucon Valley High School
        Saucon Valley High School
        Saucon Valley High School is a four-year public high school in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located at 2100 Polk Valley Road, Hellertown, PA, 18055, within Northampton County....

        , Hellertown
        Hellertown, Pennsylvania
        Hellertown is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Hellertown is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, and geographically in the Saucon Valley.The population of Hellertown was 5,606 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

    • Wilson Area School District
      Wilson Area School District
      Wilson Area School District is a public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is home to the 2006 Football State Champions. It serves the boroughs of Glendon, West Easton, and Wilson; as well as Williams Township.-Philip F...

      • Wilson Area High School
        Wilson Area High School
        Wilson Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Wilson, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States...

        , Wilson
        Wilson, Pennsylvania
        Wilson is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, and is adjacent to Easton, the smallest and easternmost of the Lehigh Valley's three cities....


    Public Charter High Schools

    The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts
    Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts
    Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, or LVPA, is a four-year Charter High School located minutes away from historic downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state....

    , Bethlehem

    Non-public high schools

    • Bethlehem Catholic High School, Bethlehem
    • Holy Family School, Nazareth
    • Moravian Academy
      Moravian Academy
      Moravian Academy, whose headmaster is George King, is a prekindergarten through 12th grade coeducational college preparatory school located in historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the United States...

      , Bethlehem
    • Notre Dame High School
      Notre Dame High School (Easton, Pennsylvania)
      Notre Dame High School also known as Notre Dame Green Pond, is a private, Roman Catholic high school near Easton, Pennsylvania, United States, in Bethlehem Township. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.-Background:...

      , Bethlehem Township
    • Pius X High School
      Pius X High School (Pennsylvania)
      Pius X High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.-Background:...

      , Bangor


    Transportation


    Air transportation

    Air transport to and from Northampton County is available through Lehigh Valley International Airport
    Lehigh Valley International Airport
    Lehigh Valley International Airport , formerly Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport, is a public airport in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania....

     .

    Bus transportation

    Public bus service in Northampton County is available through the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority, known as LANTA
    LANTA
    The Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority , is a transit agency that provides public, fixed-route bus service throughout Lehigh County and Northampton County, in Pennsylvania, United States...

    . A shuttle bus service, The Bethlehem Loop
    The Bethlehem Loop
    The Bethlehem Loop is a shuttle bus service in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was implemented to loop between the City's two downtown business districts and the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, a newly built casino and resort on the city's South Side...

    , also operates in Bethlehem.

    Expressways

    • Interstate 78
      Interstate 78
      Interstate 78 is an Interstate Highway in the Northeast United States, running 144 miles from Interstate 81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through Allentown, Pennsylvania, and western and northern New Jersey to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan in New York City.I-78 is a major road...

    • Pennsylvania Route 33
      Pennsylvania Route 33
      Pennsylvania Route 33 is a -long limited-access state highway in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. South of the US 22 interchange, the route is called the Gen. Anthony Clement McAuliffe 101st Airborne Memorial Highway....

    • U.S. Route 22
      Lehigh Valley Thruway
      U.S. Route 22 is an east–west route stretching from Cincinnati, Ohio in the west to Newark, New Jersey in the east. In Pennsylvania, the route runs for between the West Virginia state line at Washington County, where it is a limited-access expressway-grade route through the western suburbs...


    Telecommunications

    Northampton County was once served only by the 215 area code from 1947 (when the North American Numbering Plan
    North American Numbering Plan
    The North American Numbering Plan is an integrated telephone numbering plan administered by Neustar which encompasses 24 countries and territories, including the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 nations of the Caribbean...

     of the Bell System
    Bell System
    The Bell System was the American Bell Telephone Company and then, subsequently, AT&T led system which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly. In 1984, the company was broken up into separate companies, by a U.S...

     went into effect) until 1994. With the county's growing population, however, Northampton County was afforded area code 610
    Area codes 610 and 484
    Area codes 610 and 484 are telephone area codes which serve the eastern and southeastern regions of Pennsylvania. The area includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Reading, along with much of the Delaware Valley , including most of the Philadelphia Main Line...

     in 1994. Today, Northampton County is covered by 610. An overlay area code, 484, was added to the 610 service area in 1999. A plan to introduce area code 835 as an additional overlay was rescinded in 2001.

    Recreation

    There are 2 Pennsylvania state parks in Northampton County.
    • Delaware Canal State Park
      Delaware Canal State Park
      Delaware Canal State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Bucks and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The main attraction of the park is the Delaware Canal, which at is the only canal that remains fully intact from the towpath canal-building days of the 19th century...

       follows the course of the old Delaware Canal
      Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
      The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, more commonly called the Delaware Canal, runs from the Lehigh River at Easton south to Bristol...

       along the Delaware River
      Delaware River
      The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...

       from Easton
      Easton, Pennsylvania
      Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....

       in Northampton County to Bristol
      Bristol, Pennsylvania
      Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. Bristol was first incorporated in 1720. Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making Bristol one of the older boroughs in...

       in Bucks County.
    • Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
      Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
      Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center is a Pennsylvania state park near Wind Gap, in Bushkill Township, Northampton County in Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Jacobsburg National Historic District is almost entirely surrounded by the park...


    See also

    • Lehigh Valley Conference
      Lehigh Valley Conference
      The Lehigh Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference is an athletic conference consisting of 12 large high schools from Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States...

    • List of shopping malls in the Lehigh Valley
    • Media in the Lehigh Valley
      Media in the Lehigh Valley
      This is a list of media based in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey in the United States.-Magazines and Newspapers:-Spanish Newspapers:-Television stations:...

    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
      National Register of Historic Places listings in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
      This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States...

    • Northampton County Prison
      Northampton County Prison
      Northampton County Prison is a county level prison located in Easton, Pennsylvania in the United States.The prison is situated adjacent to the Northampton County Courthouse and consists of four inter-connected buildings...


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