Center Valley, Pennsylvania

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Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Centennial Bridge in Center Valley in March 1996
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Center Valley (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°31′45″N75°23′36″W / 40.52917°N 75.39333°W / 40.52917; -75.39333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Township Upper Saucon
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18034
Area code(s) 610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1171463 [1]

Center Valley is an unincorporated community located one mile north of Coopersburg, at the intersection of Pennsylvania State Routes 309 and 378 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.

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History

Centennial Bridge in Center Valley, built in 1876, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [2] The bridge was demolished in 2013.

Commerce and businesses

Stabler Corporate Center, one of the largest areas of land being developed in the Lehigh Valley, is located in Center Valley. In October 2006, The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, the Lehigh Valley's highest-end outdoor mall, opened in Center Valley. [3]

Center Valley also is headquarters of Olympus Corporation for the Americas, JetPay, Aesculap (a subsidiary of B. Braun), and the Patriot League, a college athletic conference with 24 men's and women's collegiate sports. The city also holds large regional offices for Dun & Bradstreet and Mass Mutual.

Education

Primary and secondary education

Center Valley is part of the Southern Lehigh School District. Students in grade nine through 12 attend Southern Lehigh High School in Center Valley.

Colleges and universities

Two campuses of higher education are located in Center Valley:

Notable people

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References

  1. "Center Valley". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley