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Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown, Pennsylvania
Home Rule Municipality
City of Allentown
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Flag of Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Official seal of Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Nickname(s): "The A" "The Queen City", "A-Town", "Band City USA", "Peanut City", "Silk City".
Motto: "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
Location in Lehigh County
Location in Lehigh County
Allentown is located in Pennsylvania
Allentown
Allentown
Allentown is located in the US
Allentown
Allentown
Location in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°36′06″N 75°28′38″W / 40.60167°N 75.47722°W / 40.60167; -75.47722Coordinates: 40°36′06″N 75°28′38″W / 40.60167°N 75.47722°W / 40.60167; -75.47722
Country United States
Commonwealth Pennsylvania
County Lehigh
Settled 1751
Founded 1762
Incorporated March 12, 1867
Founded by William Allen
Named for William Allen
Government
 • Type Mayor-Council
 • Mayor Ed Pawlowski (D)
 • City Attorney Susan Wild
 • City Controller Jeff Glazier
 • City Council
 • Senate Pat Browne (R)
Area
 • Home Rule Municipality 18.0 sq mi (46.5 km2)
 • Land 17.8 sq mi (45.9 km2)
 • Water 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)
 • Urban 289.50 sq mi (749.79 km2)
 • Metro 730.0 sq mi (1,174.82 km2)
Elevation 338 ft (103 m)
Highest elevation 440 ft (130 m)
Lowest elevation 255 ft (78 m)
Population (2013)
 • Home Rule Municipality 120,207 (US: 224th)
 • Density 6,631.0/sq mi (2,571.5/km2)
 • Urban 664,651 (US: 61st)
 • Urban density 1,991.0/sq mi (768.7/km2)
 • Metro 827,048 (US: 68th)
 • Metro density 1,117.8/sq mi (431.6/km2)
 • Demonym Allentonian
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 18101, 18102, 18103, 18104, 18105, 18106, 18109, 18175, 18195
Area code(s) 610, 484
FIPS code 42-02000
GNIS feature ID 1202899
Primary Airport Lehigh Valley International Airport- ABE (Major/International)
Secondary Airport Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport- XLL (Minor)
Website http://www.allentownpa.gov/
Allentown
Crime rates* (2013)
Violent crimes
Homicide 7
Forcible rape 26
Robbery 197
Aggravated assault 138
Total violent crime 369
Property crimes
Burglary 717
Larceny-theft 1,493
Motor vehicle theft 191
Arson 2
Total property crime 2,401
Notes

*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.

2012 population: 119,334

Source: 2013 FBI UCR Data
Allentown Fire Department (AFD)
Agency overview
Established 1870
Annual calls 6,000
Employees 140
Staffing Career
Facilities and equipment
Battalions 2
Stations 6
Engines 7
Trucks 1
HAZMAT 1
Fireboats 1

Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel) is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city and the 224th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently the fastest growing city in all of Pennsylvania. It is the largest city in the metropolitan area known as the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 821,623 residents as of 2010. Allentown constitutes a portion of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is the county seat of Lehigh County. In 2012, the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1762.

Located on the Lehigh River, Allentown is the largest of three adjacent cities, in Northampton and Lehigh counties, that make up a region of eastern Pennsylvania known as the Lehigh Valley. Allentown is 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Philadelphia, the fifth most populous city in the United States, 90 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Harrisburg, the state capital, and 90 miles (140 km) west of New York City, the nation's largest city.

Allentown was cited as a "national success story" in April 2016 by the Urban Land Institute for its downtown redevelopment and transformation, one of only six communities in the country to have been named as such.

In the early 1700s, the land now occupied by the city of Allentown and Lehigh County was a wilderness of scrub oak where neighboring tribes of Indians fished for trout and hunted for deer, grouse, and other game. In 1736, a large area to the north of Philadelphia, embracing the present site of Allentown and what is now Lehigh County, was deeded by 23 chiefs of the five great Indian nations to John, Thomas, and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn. The price for this tract included shoes and buckles, hats, shirts, knives, scissors, combs, needles, looking glasses, rum, and pipes.


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