Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

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Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Jacob's Church in Jacksonville, Pennsylvania
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Jacksonville (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°40′15″N75°49′43″W / 40.67083°N 75.82861°W / 40.67083; -75.82861
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Lehigh
Township Lynn
Founded1820
Named for Andrew Jackson
Elevation
158 m (518 ft)
Population
   Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
19529
GNIS feature ID1177939 [1]

Jacksonville is an unincorporated community that is located in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has 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

After land was donated for a church and churchyard, the first house was built in 1820. [2] The village was named after President Andrew Jackson in 1845. [3]

Points of interest

Monument to Frederick Leaser at Leaser Lake in Jacksonville Frederick Leaser Monument, Leaser Lake, PA.jpg
Monument to Frederick Leaser at Leaser Lake in Jacksonville

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References

  1. "Jacksonville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. (1884). History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. p.  312.
  3. Miller, Benjamin L. Toponymy (PDF). p. 74.
  4. Stauffer, Michael A.; Fries, Paul W. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania.{{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
  5. Dedication of the Memorial Tablet to Frederick Leaser at Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1928. Pennsylvania Historical Commission. 1928.