Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown and the seventh-largest city in the state. Among its total population as of 2020, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19,343 were in Lehigh County. The city is located along the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh County, PA
Population
76,555
Walk Score
88 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,218
Median home value
$220,300
Founded
1741
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Fountain Hill Historic District · listed 1988
- Mount Airy Historic District · listed 1988
- Central Bethlehem Historic District · listed 1972
- Central Bethlehem Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1988
- Elmwood Park Historic District · listed 1988
- Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District · listed 2012
- Pembroke Village Historic District · listed 1988
- South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District · listed 2006
Notable landmarks
- Bethlehem Armory · listed 1991
- Burnside Plantation · listed 1990
- Martin Tower · listed 2010
- Bethlehem Silk Mill · listed 2005
- Bethlehem Steel Lehigh Plant Mill #2 Annex · listed 2004
- Gemeinhaus-Lewis David De Schweinitz Residence · listed 1975
- Gosztonyi Savings and Trust · listed 2015
- Gristmiller's House · listed 1973
- Illick's Mill · listed 2005
- Lehigh Valley Railroad Headquarters Building · listed 1984
- Moravian Sun Inn · listed 1973
- Old Waterworks · listed 1972
- Packer Memorial Chapel · listed 1979
- R. K. Laros Silk Mill · listed 2020
- R. K. Laros Silk Mill
- Tannery, The · listed 1972
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