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Welcome to Lehighton ...Lehighton is located in Carbon County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lehighton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1812. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lehighton has a population of 5,309 people<2> (see below for details). Lehighton is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Lehighton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP code for Lehighton: 18235<4> Websites for Lehighton ...Official Website: www.lehightonborough.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lehighton had an population of 5,309 people. This is a decrease of 3.47% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.12% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lehighton had a population of 5,500 people (or 8.43% of the total population of Carbon County). This makes Lehighton the county's most populous community. The population of Lehighton represents 0.04% of the total population of Pennsylvania (which has 12,702,379 people), making it the state's 171st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,500 people, the population of Lehighton has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 5,537 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lehighton. Communities near Lehighton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lehighton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lehighton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lehighton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lehighton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lehighton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lehighton. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lehighton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lehighton ...Looking for more information about Lehighton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Lehighton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lehighton. Adding Lehighton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lehighton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lehighton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Lehighton in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lehighton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lehighton: www.lehightonborough.com/ The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncounty.com/ The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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