Official Name: | Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Jacksonville |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lehigh |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Lynn |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1820 |
Named For: | Andrew Jackson |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 518 |
Coordinates: | 40.6708°N -75.8286°W |
Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 19529 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1177939 |
Jacksonville is an unincorporated community that is located in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
After land had been given for a church and churchyard, the first house was built in 1820.[1] The village was named after President Andrew Jackson in 1845.[2]