| Wescosville, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Wescosville |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wescosville in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lehigh |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lower Macungie |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.05 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.04 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 5872 |
| Population Density Km2: | 834.0 |
| Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 412 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5667°N -75.5531°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
| Postal Code: | 18103, 18104, 18106 |
| Area Code: | 610 and 484 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-82320 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1190850 |
| Blank2 Name: | Primary airport |
| Blank2 Info: | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Blank3 Name: | Major hospital |
| Blank3 Info: | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| Blank4 Name: | School district |
| Blank4 Info: | East Penn |
Wescosville is a census-designated place located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is located between Allentown and Trexlertown in Lower Macungie Township. 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.
As of the 2010 census, the population of Wescosville was 5,872.[2] Its ZIP Codes are split between the Allentown codes of 18103, 18104, and 18106.[3]
Wescosville was named after Philip Wesco, who operated a local inn in the 1820s.[4]
Wescosville is located in south-central Lehigh County in the northern corner of Lower Macungie Township. It has a total area of 7.1sqkm of which 0.01sqkm, or 0.15%, is water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.[1] The community drains south toward Little Lehigh Creek and north toward Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Little Lehigh. Wescosville is part of the Lehigh River watershed.
The primary business district of Wescosville runs along Hamilton Boulevard and is bisected by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476), also known as the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Interstate 78 runs along the northeastern edge of Wescosville, interchanging with U.S. 222. I-78 East proceeds to the Holland Tunnel's entrance to Lower Manhattan. I-78 West via Interstate 81 proceeds to Harrisburg. US-222 leads southeast from Wescosville for to Reading. Hamilton Boulevard continues northeast 5miles to Allentown.
Wescosville is home to a park and ride lot at the site of the former Charcoal Drive-In restaurant on Hamilton Boulevard that serves Trans-Bridge Lines and Klein Transportation buses to Midtown Manhattan in New York City.[5] [6] [7]
Wescosville is part of the East Penn School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Emmaus High School in Emmaus. Students in grades six through eight attend either Eyer Middle School or Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie. Students in kindergarten to fifth grade attend either Wescosville Elementary School in Wescosville or Willow Lane Elementary School in Macungie.