Cherryville, Pennsylvania

Cherryville, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Eastbound PA 248 in Cherryville
Location of Cherryville in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 40°45′14″N75°32′19″W / 40.75389°N 75.53861°W / 40.75389; -75.53861
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northampton
Township	Lehigh
Area [1]
•  Census-designated place	2.63 sq mi (6.81 km2)
• Land	2.62 sq mi (6.79 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
•  Census-designated place	1,618
• Density	617.32/sq mi (238.38/km2)
•  Metro	865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	18035
Area code	610
FIPS code	42-13168

Cherryville is a census-designated place in Lehigh Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 1,618 as of the 2020 U.S. census.

The village is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Walnutport, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) north of Allentown and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Northampton. It is situated along Pennsylvania Route 248, between the villages of Indianland and Pennsville. The ZIP Code is 18035.

It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan 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.

History

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,618		—
U.S. Decennial Census [3] [2]

The village was founded around 1804, making it one of the township's earliest settlements. The name Cherryville is believed to have been taken from a road called Cherry Row Lane which was bordered by 100 cherry trees. A post office was established here in 1816. By the 1870s, the village included 25 houses, two carriage shops, two blacksmith shops, a wheel shop, a tailor, and four stores. ^[4]

Notable people

• Samuel Henry Kress, founder of S. H. Kress & Co. and art collector

Notes

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
4. Wright, James; Wright, Wright (1988). Place Names of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Nazareth, Pennsylvania: J&L Wright. pp. 38–39.