New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia
New Tripoli is a small rural village in Lynn Township
, in Lehigh County
, Pennsylvania
, in the United States
.
The village is located at the intersection of Madison Street and Pennsylvania Route 143
near Pennsylvania Route 309
in the Lehigh Valley
region of Pennsylvania. The pronunciation of New Tripoli should be pronounced with the stress on the second syllable as many foreigners make the mistake of stressing the third syllable which will often be corrected by a native and sometimes received with offence.
The village is served by Northwestern Lehigh School District
.
Lynn Township, Pennsylvania
Lynn Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state...
, in Lehigh County
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The village is located at the intersection of Madison Street and Pennsylvania Route 143
Pennsylvania Route 143
Pennsylvania Route 143 is a long state highway in Pennsylvania. It runs from Pennsylvania Route 309 near New Tripoli to Pennsylvania Route 662 in Richmond Township just east of the town of Shoemakersville....
near Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 309 is a major highway which runs for 134 miles through Pennsylvania in the United States. It connects Philadelphia and its northern suburbs to Allentown, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre. A limited-access highway portion of PA 309 in the Wilkes-Barre area is known as the North...
in the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...
region of Pennsylvania. The pronunciation of New Tripoli should be pronounced with the stress on the second syllable as many foreigners make the mistake of stressing the third syllable which will often be corrected by a native and sometimes received with offence.
The village is served by Northwestern Lehigh School District
Northwestern Lehigh School District
Northwestern Lehigh School District is a public school district in the northwestern corner of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
.
External links
- "Lehigh County: Local History" at LehighCounty.org, includes several references to New Tripoli.
- "Lynn-Heidelberg History Society" at lynntownship.org, includes several references, local events and photos of New Tripoli.