Pleasant Corners, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Pleasant Corners, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Pleasant Corners
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lehigh
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Heidelberg
Population Metro:865,310 (US: 68th)
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:568
Coordinates:40.6833°N -75.6906°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Area Code:610 and 484
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1199318

Pleasant Corners is an unincorporated community located in Heidelberg Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Pleasant Corners is located at the intersection of state routes 100 and 309 between New Tripoli and Schnecksville. Pleasant Corners 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.

Jacob Holben erected a foundry in 1850 and the settlement was named Holbensville in his honor. In 1857, it was renamed Pleasant Corners.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Miller, Benjamin LeRoy . Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania . Pennsylvania Geological Survey . 4 . 1 . 1941 . Harrisburg, PA . 78 . Toponymy . http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/lvgeology/pdf/LC_3.pdf . Pleasant Corner(s), Heidelberg Township; originally named Holben(s)ville for Jacob Holben who erected a foundry there in 1850. It was changed to its present name by Owen Hunsicker, Daniel Rex and Abraham Peter because of its desirable location, about 1857. The first post office there, established in 1873, was called Jordan Post Office. .