Center Valley, Pennsylvania

Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Centennial Bridge, March 1996
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Coordinates: 40°31′45″N 75°23′36″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Township	Upper Saucon
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	18034
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	1171463

Center Valley is an unincorporated community (Census Class Code U6) one mile north of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 309 and Pennsylvania Route 378 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Its ZIP code is 18034.

History

The Centennial Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It has since been demolished.

Commerce

The Stabler Center, one of the largest areas of land being developed in the Lehigh Valley, is located in Center Valley. In October 2006, The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, the Lehigh Valley's highest-end outdoor mall, opened for business.

Center Valley also is the location for the headquarters of Olympus Corporation for the Americas, JetPay, Aesculap (a subsidiary of B. Braun Melsungen), and the Patriot League, a college athletic conference which has 23 sports. The city also holds large regional offices for Dun & Bradstreet and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Education

Three campuses of higher education are located in Center Valley:

• DeSales University (formerly Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales)
• Penn State Lehigh Valley
• Strayer University (Allentown campus)

Notable people

• Ed Freed (1919-2002) - Philadelphia Phillies and minor league baseball player
• Beatrice Kemmerer (1930-2013) - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player