Mickleys, Pennsylvania

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Mickleys, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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St. John's United Church of Christ in Mickleys
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Mickleys (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°38′50″N75°29′44″W / 40.64722°N 75.49556°W / 40.64722; -75.49556
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Township Whitehall
Elevation
117 m (384 ft)
Population
   Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18052
GNIS feature ID1204164 [1]

Mickleys is an unincorporated community that is located in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is situated on Pennsylvania Route 145, also known as MacArthur Road. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

History

This Pennsylvania village was named after the family of John Jacob Mickley (1697–1769), who settled here in 1745. [2]

St. John's United Church of Christ, commonly called Mickley's Church, was built in 1849. Originally known as the South Whitehall Church, it was a Union Church with both Reformed and Lutheran congregations. Jacob Mickley (1794–1888), great-grandson of John Jacob, was an elder who served on the building committee. [3]

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References

  1. "Mickleys". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Miller, Benjamin L. Toponymy (PDF). p. 74.
  3. Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. (1884). History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. pp.  500, 508.