Official Name: | East Texas, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | East Texas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lehigh |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Lower Macungie |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 109 |
Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 440 |
Coordinates: | 40.5475°N -75.5614°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 18046 |
Area Code: | 610 and 484 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1173885 |
Blank1 Name: | Primary airport |
Blank1 Info: | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Blank2 Name: | Major hospital |
Blank2 Info: | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
Blank3 Name: | School district |
Blank3 Info: | East Penn |
East Texas is a village in Lower Macungie 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.
Little Lehigh Creek forms its natural southern boundary. While the village has its own box post office, with ZIP Code of 18046, surrounding areas use the Allentown ZIP Code of 18106 and the Macungie ZIP Code of 18062.
The community was named after the state of Texas. The community's name was prefixed with "East" to avoid repetition with another Texas in the state.[1] Day-Timer, the global manufacturer of calendars and organizational products, maintains one of its four U.S. operational and production offices in East Texas.
East Texas is served by East Penn School District. Emmaus High School serves grades nine through twelve. Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie, serve grades six through eight.