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'''Center Valley''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located one mile north of [[Coopersburg, Pennsylvania|Coopersburg]], at the intersection of [[Pennsylvania Route 309|Pennsylvania State Routes 309]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 378|378]] in [[Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Upper Saucon Township]] in [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania]]. It is part of the [[Lehigh Valley]], which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
'''Center Valley''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located one mile north of [[Coopersburg, Pennsylvania|Coopersburg]], at the intersection of [[Pennsylvania Route 309|Pennsylvania State Routes 309]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 378|378]] in [[Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Saucon Township]] in [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania]]. It is part of the [[Lehigh Valley]], which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.


==History==
==History==
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==Education==
==Education==
===Primary and secondary education===
===Primary and secondary education===
{{Further|Southern Lehigh School District}}
Center Valley is part of the [[Southern Lehigh School District]]. Students in grade nine through 12 attend [[Southern Lehigh High School]] in Center Valley.
Center Valley is part of the [[Southern Lehigh School District]]. Students in grade nine through 12 attend [[Southern Lehigh High School]] in Center Valley.


===Colleges and universities===
===Colleges and universities===
Two campuses of [[higher education in the United States|higher education]] are located in Center Valley:
Two campuses of [[higher education in the United States|higher education]] are located in Center Valley:
*[[DeSales University]] (formerly Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales)
*[[DeSales University]]
*[[Penn State Lehigh Valley]]
*[[Penn State Lehigh Valley]]


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|Centre = Center Valley
|Centre = Center Valley
|North = [[Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania|Fountain Hill]] ; [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]
|North = [[Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania|Fountain Hill]] ; [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]
|Northeast = [[Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Lower Saucon Township]]
|Northeast = [[Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Saucon Township]]
|East = [[Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Upper Saucon Township]]
|East = [[Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Saucon Township]]
|Southeast = [[Coopersburg, Pennsylvania|Coopersburg]]
|Southeast = [[Coopersburg, Pennsylvania|Coopersburg]]
|South = [[Coopersburg, Pennsylvania|Coopersburg]]
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Latest revision as of 06:35, 3 November 2023

Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Centennial Bridge in Center Valley in March 1996
Centennial Bridge in Center Valley in March 1996
Center Valley is located in Pennsylvania
Center Valley
Center Valley
Location of Center Valley in Pennsylvania
Center Valley is located in the United States
Center Valley
Center Valley
Center Valley (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°31′45″N 75°23′36″W / 40.52917°N 75.39333°W / 40.52917; -75.39333
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyLehigh
TownshipUpper Saucon
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18034
Area code(s)610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1171463[1]

Center Valley is an unincorporated community located one mile north of Coopersburg, at the intersection of Pennsylvania State Routes 309 and 378 in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 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.

History

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Centennial Bridge in Center Valley, built in 1876, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2] The bridge was demolished in 2013.

Commerce and businesses

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Stabler Corporate Center, one of the largest areas of land being developed in the Lehigh Valley, is located in Center Valley. In October 2006, The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, the Lehigh Valley's highest-end outdoor mall, opened in Center Valley.[3]

Center Valley also is headquarters of Olympus Corporation for the Americas, JetPay, Aesculap (a subsidiary of B. Braun), and the Patriot League, a college athletic conference with 24 men's and women's collegiate sports. The city also holds large regional offices for Dun & Bradstreet and Mass Mutual.

Education

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Primary and secondary education

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Further information: Southern Lehigh School District

Center Valley is part of the Southern Lehigh School District. Students in grade nine through 12 attend Southern Lehigh High School in Center Valley.

Colleges and universities

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Two campuses of higher education are located in Center Valley:

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Center Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley
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