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New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
School Creek in New Tripoli in December 2012
School Creek in New Tripoli in December 2012
Location of New Tripoli in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Location of New Tripoli in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania is located in the United States
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
Country  United States
State  Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Township Lynn
Area
 • Census-designated place 0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)
 • Land 0.92 sq mi (2.37 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
578 ft (176 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Census-designated place 840
 • Density 916.03/sq mi (353.83/km2)
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18066
Area code(s) 610 and 484
FIPS code 42-54288
GNIS feature ID 1182377

New Tripoli (/trɪˈpli/ trih-POH-lee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 840. New Tripoli 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.

The name comes from Tripoli in Libya, in commemoration of the fighting in the Barbary Wars. The pronunciation of New Tripoli is with the stress on "PO", as many non-natives make the mistake of stressing the first syllable which will often be corrected by natives. The New Tripoli ZIP Code is 18066 and it is in area code 610, exchange 298.

Geography

New Tripoli is located at the intersection of Madison Street and Pennsylvania Route 143 near Pennsylvania Route 309 on the northern edge of the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is in northwestern Lehigh County, in the eastern part of Lynn Township. PA 143 leads east 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to PA 309 and southwest 8 miles (13 km) to Kempton. PA 309 leads southeast 14 miles (23 km) to the west side of the Allentown area and northwest across Blue Mountain 16 miles (26 km) to Tamaqua.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, New Tripoli has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), of which 41,340 square feet (3,841 m2), or 0.16%, are water. School Creek flows westward through the north side of town, joining Ontelaunee Creek just west of the CDP border. Water runoff from the town flows via School Creek, Ontelaunee Creek, and Maiden Creek to the Schuylkill River, part of the Delaware River watershed.

Education

The village is served by Northwestern Lehigh School District, which is located in New Tripoli.

Historical population
Census Pop.
2000 654
2010 898 37.3%
2020 840 −6.5%

See also

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