Wescosville, Pennsylvania

Wescosville, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Center of Wescosville along Hamilton Boulevard
Location of Wescosville in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 40°34′00″N75°33′11″W / 40.56667°N 75.55306°W / 40.56667; -75.55306
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Township	Lower Macungie
Area [1]
•  Census-designated place	2.72 sq mi (7.05 km2)
• Land	2.72 sq mi (7.04 km2)
• Water	0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	412 ft (126 m)
Population  (2010) [2]
•  Census-designated place	5,872
• Density	2,160/sq mi (834.0/km2)
•  Metro	865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	18103, 18104, 18106
Area code(s)	610 and 484
FIPS code	42-82320
GNIS feature ID	1190850
Primary airport	Lehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospital	Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School district	East Penn
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Wescosville is a census-designated place located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is located between Allentown and Trexlertown in Lower Macungie Township. 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.

As of the 2010 census, the population of Wescosville was 5,872. ^[2] Its ZIP Codes are split between the Allentown codes of 18103, 18104, and 18106. ^[4]

History

Wescosville was named after Philip Wesco, who operated a local inn in the 1820s. ^[5]

Geography

Wescosville is located in south-central Lehigh County in the northern corner of Lower Macungie Township. It has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km²) of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km²), or 0.15%, is water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. ^[1] The community drains south toward Little Lehigh Creek and north toward Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Little Lehigh. Wescosville is part of the Lehigh River watershed.

Transportation

The primary business district of Wescosville runs along Hamilton Boulevard and is bisected by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476), also known as the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Interstate 78 runs along the northeastern edge of Wescosville, interchanging with U.S. 222. I-78 East proceeds 92 miles (148 km) to the Holland Tunnel's entrance to Lower Manhattan. I-78 West via Interstate 81 proceeds 78 miles (126 km) to Harrisburg. US-222 leads southeast from Wescosville for 34 miles (55 km) to Reading. Hamilton Boulevard continues northeast 5 miles (8 km) to Allentown.

Wescosville is home to a park and ride lot at the site of the former Charcoal Drive-In restaurant on Hamilton Boulevard that serves Trans-Bridge Lines and Klein Transportation buses to Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	4,965		—
2010	5,872		18.3%

Public education

Further information: East Penn School District

Wescosville is part of the East Penn School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Emmaus High School in Emmaus. Students in grades six through eight attend either Eyer Middle School or Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie. Students in kindergarten to fifth grade attend either Wescosville Elementary School in Wescosville or Willow Lane Elementary School in Macungie.

Notable people

• Anna Kunkel, former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League outfielder
• Christine Taylor, actress and wife of Ben Stiller

References

1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
2. "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Wescosville CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
3. "Wescosville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. "Allentown Zip codes". hipcodes.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
5. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 300. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.
6. "Bieber sets new pick-up, drop-off point in New York City". Allentown, PA: WFMZ-TV. July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
7. "Klein Transportation and OurBus announce introductory schedule and rates". Allentown, PA: WFMZ-TV. February 10, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
8. "Book Commuter Ticket". OurBus. Retrieved February 10, 2019.