Place:Coopersburg, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameCoopersburg
Alt namesCooperstownsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42005534
Fryburgsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42005534
Fryburghsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42005534
Frysburgsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42005534
TypeBorough
Coordinates40.51°N 75.39°W
Located inLehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Coopersburg is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is miles southeast of Allentown, north of Philadelphia, and west of New York City.

Coopersburg is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

The population of Coopersburg was 2,386 at the 2010 census.

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History

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Coopersburg was settled in about 1730. It originally was named Freyburg after local tavern owner and judge Joseph Frey. By the time the town was incorporated, it had been renamed Coopersburg, named after Judge Peter Cooper. The town was once the site of famous cattle sales at the estate of Tilghman S. Cooper.

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