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Pleasant Corners, Pennsylvania | |
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  Pleasant Corners Location of Pleasant Corners in Pennsylvania  Pleasant Corners Pleasant Corners (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′0″N 75°41′26″W / 40.68333°N 75.69056°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Township | Heidelberg |
| Elevation | 173 m (568 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1199318[1] |
Pleasant Corners is an unincorporated community located in Heidelberg Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Pleasant Corners is located at the intersection of state routes 100 and 309 between New Tripoli and Schnecksville. Pleasant Corners 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.
Jacob Holben erected a foundry in 1850 and the settlement was named Holbensville in his honor. In 1857, it was renamed Pleasant Corners.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pleasant Corners". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Miller, Benjamin LeRoy (1941). "Toponymy" (PDF). Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania. 4. Vol. 1. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Geological Survey. p. 78.
Pleasant Corner(s), Heidelberg Township; originally named Holben(s)ville for Jacob Holben who erected a foundry there in 1850. It was changed to its present name by Owen Hunsicker, Daniel Rex and Abraham Peter because of its desirable location, about 1857. The first post office there, established in 1873, was called Jordan Post Office.
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