| New Tripoli, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | New Tripoli |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of New Tripoli in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lehigh |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lynn |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.38 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.37 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 840 |
| Population Density Km2: | 353.83 |
| Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 578 |
| Coordinates: | 40.6808°N -75.7519°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 18066 |
| Area Code: | 610 and 484 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-54288 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1182377 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.92 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.92 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 916.03 |
New Tripoli is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 840.[2] New Tripoli 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 name comes from Tripoli in Libya, in commemoration of the fighting in the Barbary Wars.[3] The pronunciation of New Tripoli is with the stress on "PO", as many non-natives make the mistake of stressing the first syllable which will often be corrected by natives. The New Tripoli ZIP Code is 18066 and it is in area code 610, exchange 298.
New Tripoli is located at the intersection of Madison Street and Pennsylvania Route 143 near Pennsylvania Route 309 on the northern edge of the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is in northwestern Lehigh County, in the eastern part of Lynn Township. PA 143 leads east 0.5miles to PA 309 and southwest 8miles to Kempton. PA 309 leads southeast to the west side of the Allentown area and northwest across Blue Mountain to Tamaqua.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, New Tripoli has a total area of 2.4sqkm, of which 3841sqm, or 0.16%, are water.[2] School Creek flows westward through the north side of town, joining Ontelaunee Creek just west of the CDP border. Water runoff from the town flows via School Creek, Ontelaunee Creek, and Maiden Creek to the Schuylkill River, part of the Delaware River watershed.
The village is served by Northwestern Lehigh School District, which is located in New Tripoli.