Friedensville, Pennsylvania

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Friedensville, Pennsylvania
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Friedensville
Location of Friedensville in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°33′33″N75°23′41″W / 40.55917°N 75.39472°W / 40.55917; -75.39472 Coordinates: 40°33′33″N75°23′41″W / 40.55917°N 75.39472°W / 40.55917; -75.39472
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Township Upper Saucon
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 ID1175250 [1]

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.

The community's name is derived from the German : Friedenskirche, "Church of peace". [2] Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.

Zinc mines

Friedensville Zinc Mines were an important operation in this community, dating back to 1845. [3] Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, c.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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References

  1. "Friedensville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. State College, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State College. p. 310.
  3. "History". Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
  4. Kaas, L. Michael (2016). "The History of Zinc Mining in Friedensville, Pennsylvania". The Mining History Journal. 23: 17–42.
  5. "Richard W. Pascoe, Mine Superintendent by L. Michael Kaas" (PDF). mininghistoryassociation.org. p. 42. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  6. "Friedensville". The Allentown Democrat. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 25 May 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  7. "Death of Franklin Osgood". Greensboro North State. Greensboro, North Carolina. 26 Jan 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-28.