Sigmund, Pennsylvania

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Sigmund, Pennsylvania
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Sigmund, Pennsylvania
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Sigmund, Pennsylvania
Sigmund, Pennsylvania (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°28′23″N75°33′32″W / 40.473°N 75.559°W / 40.473; -75.559
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Township Upper Milford
Elevation
200 m (650 ft)
Population
 •  Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18092 and 18062 [1]
Area code(s) 610
GNIS feature ID1204651 [2]
Primary airport Lehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospital Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School district East Penn

Sigmund is an unincorporated community in Upper Milford Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [2] Sigmund is located near Perkiomen Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. It is a suburb of Allentown in 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.

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History

19th century

A furnace was located in Sigmund in the early 1800s. The community was first named Hampton, and then Mary Ann, and then Sigmund Furnace prior to settling on Sigmund as its name. [3]

A settlement formed around a store in 1872. [4] That same year, a post office called "Sigmund" was established. [5] A school was erected in 1877, and a creamery and home were built in 1886. [6]

A meeting of the Hereford Literary Society in 1896 noted that "many new members had come in from Harlem, Sigmund and vicinity". [7] A stone house at the camp from 1871 was previously Sigmund's post office, general store, and hotel. [8]

20th century

Sigmund Bible Camp opened in 1956 on 73 acres (30 ha) of land. [8] The site contains a coal storage building, built prior to 1850, that provided fuel to a nearby iron furnace. It is now used as a church. [8] Two quarries and three lime kilns are also located on camp property. [8] A gym at the camp is open to the community, and is used by the Upper Milford Youth Association. [8]

Education

Sigmund 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Geographic Names Information System". zipdatamaps.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sigmund
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County. Vol. 2. Historical Society of Berks County. 1910. p. 35.
  4. ↑ Upper Milford Township. Upper Milford Historical Society. 2012. p. 7.
  5. ↑ Roberts, Charles Rhoads (1914). History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families. Vol. 1. Lehigh Valley Publishing Company. p. 788.
  6. ↑ Proceedings and Papers Read Before the Lehigh County Historical Society. Vol. 1–2. Lehigh County Historical Society. 1908. pp. 151–152.
  7. ↑ Schuler, Henry Addison (1904). History of the Hereford Literary Society From the Organization of the Hereford Debating Club, 1875, to the Reunion of Sept. 5, 1903. Berkemeyer, Keck & Company. p. 151.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Heminitz, Peggy (April 1, 2011). "Victory Valley Camp Topic of Upper Milford Historical Society Meeting". Patch.com.
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