Friedensville, Pennsylvania
Friedensville, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Friedensville, Pennsylvania | |
  Friedensville Location of Friedensville in Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°33′33″N 75°23′41″W / 40.55917°N 75.39472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Township | Upper Saucon |
| Elevation | 130 m (420 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 18017 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1175250 [1] |
Friedensville is an unincorporated community which is located in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The community's name is derived from the German: Friedenskirche, "Church of peace".[2] Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.
Zinc mines
Friedensville Zinc Mines were an important operation in this community, dating back to 1845.[3] Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, c. 1830.[4]
In 1881, Franklin Osgood purchased the Lehigh Zinc Company’s mines and formed the Friedensville Zinc Company. He built a zinc oxide plant and zinc smelter in Friedensville.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "Friedensville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. State College, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State College. p. 310.
- ^ "History". Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
- ^ Kaas, L. Michael (2016). "The History of Zinc Mining in Friedensville, Pennsylvania". The Mining History Journal. 23: 17–42.
- ^ "Richard W. Pascoe, Mine Superintendent by L. Michael Kaas" (PDF). mininghistoryassociation.org. p. 42. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ "Friedensville". The Allentown Democrat. Allentown, Pennsylvania. May 25, 1881. p. 2. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Death of Franklin Osgood". Greensboro North State. Greensboro, North Carolina. January 26, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |