Lynn Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the largest township by area in Lehigh County and also the most rural and least densely populated township in the county. The population of Lynn Township was 4,229 at the 2010 census.
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Quaker City is an unincorporated community in Albany Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Quaker City is located along Quaker City Road at the base of Blue Mountain.
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The Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm, also known as the Frederick Leaser Farm, is an historic home and farm located in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Frederick Leaser, who was one of the men involved in transporting the Liberty Bell to the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, thereby preventing British attempts to capture the symbol of American independence during the American Revolutionary War.
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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Wanamakers is an unincorporated community in Lynn 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.
Wanamakers is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 143 and Steinsville Road.
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Wanamaker is small community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Philip Wanamaker settled at the location about 1791. His son, Christian, later operated a grist mill. The railway station of the Berks County Railroad, later the Schuylkill and Lehigh Branch of the Reading Company, was opened in 1874. Regular passenger service ceased in 1949. Today, the Wanamaker station is the end station for the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad, a local scenic railroad.
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Leaser Lake is a man-made lake located near the village of Jacksonville in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The lake is owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and managed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
The lake was built for recreational use and opened to the public in 1971. It is the only lake in Lehigh County. The lake is part of a 540-acre park which is owned in part by the PFBC and in part by Lehigh County.
The lake covers 117 acres and is 45 feet deep. The lake is created by a dam located on the Jacksonville Branch of the Ontelaunee Creek which is a tributary of Maiden Creek. The dam consists of an earth embankment, approximately 430 feet long by 53 feet high, and the top of the dam is 24 feet wide.
