Old Zionsville, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Old Zionsville, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Old Zionsville
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lehigh
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Upper Milford
Population Metro:865,310 (US: 68th)
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:778
Coordinates:40.4864°N -75.5203°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:18068
Area Code:610 and 484
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1182959
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

Old Zionsville is an unincorporated community in Upper Milford Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

Old Zionsville is located along Pennsylvania State Routes 29 and 100, 2.5miles southeast of Macungie. Old Zionsville has a box post office with ZIP Code 18068.[1] Surrounding areas use the Zionsville ZIP code of 18092 or the Emmaus ZIP Code of 18049.[2]

The Upper Milford Township municipal building is located at 5671 Chestnut Street at the former site of Kings Highway Elementary School and has a Saturday farmers' market. There are two churches of the Lutheran and UCC faiths in the village and two more of the Mennonite and Bible Fellowship faiths within a mile to the east near Zionsville. Old Zionsville straddles the divide between the Lehigh and Schuylkill River watersheds. While most of the village is drained via headwaters of Perkiomen Creek to the Schuylkill River, the northern tier including the municipal building is drained via Leibert Creek and Little Lehigh Creek to the Lehigh River. The watershed divide runs east-to-west just north of Ridgeway Drive and Walnut Lane.

Education

Old Zionsville is served by the East Penn School District. Emmaus High School in Emmaus serves grades nine through 12. Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie, serve grades six through eight.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=18068&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup
  2. http://pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/zip-codes/data,zipcode,18068.cfm Hometown locator