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Welcome to Rextown ...

Rextown is located in Lehigh County<1>.

Rextown is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rextown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rextown: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Rextown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rextown.

  • Allentown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethlehem
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmaus
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Northampton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Tamaqua
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Catasauqua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hellertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Nazareth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Palmerton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
  • Lehighton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Rextown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rextown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rextown. 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 Rextown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rextown. See our Newspapers Page for Rextown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rextown ...

Looking for more information about Rextown? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rextown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rextown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lehigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rextown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Rextown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Rextown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.