Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Jacksonville is an unincorporated community that is located in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
History
After land was donated for a church and churchyard, the first house was built in 1820. The village was named after President Andrew Jackson in 1845.
Points of interest
- Jacob's Church, the third building for the congregation, was built here in 1864.
- Leaser Lake, including the 1928 monument to Frederick Leaser, who transported the Liberty Bell to the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown during the American Revolutionary War.
References
- ^ "Jacksonville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. (1884). History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. p. 312.
- ^ Miller, Benjamin L. Toponymy (PDF). p. 74.
- ^ Stauffer, Michael A.; Fries, Paul W. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission – via CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania.
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- ^ Dedication of the Memorial Tablet to Frederick Leaser at Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1928. Pennsylvania Historical Commission. 1928.
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