Northampton County
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APRIL 30, 2020

FFFACTS ABOUT THE COUNTY

xCountry --- United States
State ---  Pennsylvania
Founded --- March 11, 1752
Named for --Northamptonshire
Seat --Easton
Largest borough --Bethlehem
Area ---• Total 377 sq mi (980 km2)
• Land --370 sq mi (1,000 km2)
• Water --- .7 sq mi (20 km2)  2.0%%
Population ---  • Estimate (2019)
305,285
• Density ---813/sq mi (314/km2)
Time zone --UTC−5 (Eastern) • Summer (DST)
UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district  ---7th
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Northampton County

Northampton County is a county located in the northeastern
section of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010
census, the population was 297,735. Its county seat is Easton.  
The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Its
namesake was Northamptonshire, England. The county seat of
Easton was named for the country house Easton Neston in that
shire.

Northampton County is included in the
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical
Area. Its northern edge borders The Poconos, and its eastern
section borders the Delaware River, which divides
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Northampton County also borders the Delaware Valley and is
included in Philadelphia's Media Market.

The county is industrially oriented, producing cement, and
other industrial products. It was a center of cement production,
with the world's largest company, Atlas Portland Cement
Company, operating here for nearly 100 years, from 1895 until
1982.

Bethlehem Steel, once one of the world's largest
manufacturers of steel, was located in this county prior to its
closing in 2003.

Cities

Bethlehem (partly in Lehigh County)
Easton (county seat)

Boroughs

Bangor
Bath
Chapman
East Bangor
Freemansburg
Glendon
Hellertown
Nazareth
North Catasauqua
Northampton
Pen Argyl
Portland
Roseto
Stockertown
Tatamy
Walnutport
West Easton
Wilson
Wind Gap

Townships

Allen
Bethlehem
Bushkill
East Allen
Forks
Hanover
Lehigh
Lower Mount Bethel
Lower Nazareth
Lower Saucon
Moore
Palmer
Plainfield
Upper Mount Bethel
Upper Nazareth
Washington
Williams
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY COUNCIL
LAMONT G MCCLURE JR
RONALD R
HECKMAN (D)
PRESIDENT
AT LARGE
LORI VARGO
HEFFNER (D)
VICE
PRESIDENT
AT-LARGE
JOHN
CUSICK (R)
DISTRICT 3
MARGARET (PEG)
FERRARO  (R)
AT-LARGE
THOMAS A
GIOVANNI (R)
DISTRICT 4
KEVIN LOTT  
(D)
DISTRICT 1
KERRY L
MEYERS (D)
DISTRICT 2
WILLIAM B
MCGEE (D)
AT-LARGE
Carbon
Common Pleas
TARA A
ZRINSKI (D)
AT-LARGE
TONY
BASSIL (D)
CONROLLER
TERRY
HOUCK (D)
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY

IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY THE
CORONER, CLERK OF COURTS,
PROTHONOTARY, REGISTER OF WILLS
,
RECORDER OF DEEDS AND TREASURER
ARE APPOINTED