Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
Butztown, a Bethlehem Township village, in December 2012 | |
Location (in red) within Northampton County | |
| Coordinates: 40°40′00″N 75°17′59″W / 40.66667°N 75.29972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Northampton |
| Area | |
| 14.60 sq mi (37.82 km2) | |
| • Land | 14.43 sq mi (37.38 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2) |
| Elevation | 440 ft (130 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 25,861 | |
• Estimate (2023) | 26,338 |
| • Density | 1,659.65/sq mi (640.81/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 18020, 18045 |
| Area codes | 610 and 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-095-06096 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | Bethlehem Area |
| Website | http://bethlehemtownship.org/ |
.jpg){kind=link}
Bethlehem Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Bethlehem Township was 25,861 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Bethlehem and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Bethlehem Township is located 13.6 miles (21.9 km) northeast of Allentown, 73.2 miles (117.8 km) north of Philadelphia, and 79.5 miles (127.9 km) west of New York City.