East Texas, Pennsylvania

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East Texas, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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East
Texas
Location of East Texas in Pennsylvania
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East
Texas
East
Texas (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°32′51″N75°33′41″W / 40.54750°N 75.56139°W / 40.54750; -75.56139
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Township Lower Macungie
Elevation
130 m (440 ft)
Population
 (2016)
  Unincorporated community
109
   Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18046
Area codes 610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1173885 [1]
Primary airport Lehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospital Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School district East Penn

East Texas is a village in Lower Macungie 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.

Little Lehigh Creek forms its natural southern boundary. While the village has its own box post office, with ZIP Code of 18046, surrounding areas use the Allentown ZIP Code of 18106 and the Macungie ZIP Code of 18062.

The community was named after the state of Texas. The community's name was prefixed with "East" to avoid repetition with another Texas in the state. [2] Day-Timer, the global manufacturer of calendars and organizational products, maintains one of its four U.S. operational and production offices in East Texas.

Education

East Texas is served by East Penn School District. Emmaus High School serves grades nine through twelve. Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie, serve grades six through eight.

References

  1. "East Texas". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 41.