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Upper Nazareth Township

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Upper Nazareth Township administrative offices are located at 100 Newport Avenue, Nazareth, PA 18064; phone: 610‑759‑5341.

Neighborhoods

The township of Nazareth was created from Bethlehem township about 1788. In 1807 Nazareth was further divided into 2 townships, Upper and Lower. The first census in the newly-formed Upper Nazareth counted 663 persons, including the then village (now borough) of Nazareth. By 1850 the township had 181 farms, 158 houses (of which 61 were in the village), 3 schools, 2 Moravian churchs, two grist-mills, 1 foundry, 1 brewery, 1 tannery, 11 stores, 2 taverns and 2 slate quarries.

  1. William J. Heller et. al, History of Northampton County Pennsylvania and The Grand Valley of the Lehigh, The American Historical Society, New York, 1920.

Nearby Towns: Bath Boro • Bethlehem City • Bethlehem City • Bethlehem Twp • Bushkill Twp • Catasauqua Boro • Chapman Boro • East Allen Twp • Freemansburg Boro • Hanover Twp • Lower Nazareth Twp • Lower Saucon Twp • Moore Twp • Nazareth Boro •



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