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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lehigh County is a county located in the Lehigh Valley region of the eastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 349,497. Its county seat is Allentown, the state's third largest city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In addition to Allentown, the county includes the western section of the city of Bethlehem, six boroughs and 14 townships.
The county, which was first settled around 1730, was formed in 1812 with the division of Northampton County into two counties. It is named after the Lehigh River, whose name is derived from the Delaware Indian term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks".
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 18,895
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| 1830 | 22,256
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| 1840 | 25,787
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| 1850 | 32,479
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| 1860 | 43,753
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| 1870 | 56,796
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| 1880 | 65,969
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| 1890 | 76,631
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| 1900 | 93,893
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| 1910 | 118,832
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| 1920 | 148,101
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| 1930 | 172,893
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| 1940 | 177,533
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| 1950 | 198,207
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| 1960 | 227,536
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| 1970 | 255,304
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| 1980 | 272,349
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| 1990 | 291,130
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Lehigh County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.lehighcounty.org/
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