Weissport East, Pennsylvania
| Weissport East | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Carbon |
| Township | Franklin |
| Elevation | 607 ft (185.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°50′00″N 75°41′24″W / 40.83333°N 75.69000°WCoordinates: 40°50′00″N 75°41′24″W / 40.83333°N 75.69000°W |
| Area | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| - land | 2.1 sq mi (5 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 1,624 (2010) |
| Density | 774.0/sq mi (298.8/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 18235 |
| Area code | 610 & 484 |
 Location of Weissport East in Carbon County
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 Location of Weissport East in Pennsylvania
Location of Weissport East in Pennsylvania
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Weissport East is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,624 at the 2010 census, down from 1,936 at the 2000 census.
Weissport East is located in southern Carbon County at 40°50′0″N 75°41′24″W / 40.83333°N 75.69000°W (40.833374, -75.690075). It is bordered to the west by the borough of Weissport, to the southwest by the Lehigh River, and to the south by Pohopoco Creek, across which is the borough of Parryville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all of it land.
U.S. Route 209 passes through the community, leading west into Weissport and then Lehighton, and intersecting Interstate 476, the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just east of the community. I-476 leads north to the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton area and south to the Allentown–Bethlehem area.
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