Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton, Pennsylvania | |
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The Easton skyline in November 2007 Crayola Experience in Downtown Easton Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Centre Square | |
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Location of Easton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Northampton County in Pennsylvania (right) | |
Easton Location of Easton in Pennsylvania Easton Easton (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′18″N 75°12′59″W / 40.68833°N 75.21639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Northampton |
| First settled | 1739 |
| Incorporated as a town | 1752 |
| Incorporated as a city | January 12, 1887 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Salvatore J. Panto Jr. (D) |
| Area | |
• City | 4.86 sq mi (12.59 km2) |
| • Land | 4.26 sq mi (11.04 km2) |
| • Water | 0.59 sq mi (1.54 km2) 12.35% |
| Elevation | 211 ft (64 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 28,127 |
| • Rank | 4th in the Lehigh Valley 16th in Pennsylvania |
| • Density | 6,597.4/sq mi (2,547.27/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC– 05:00 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC– 04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 18040, 18042–18045 |
| Area codes | 610 and 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-21648 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | Easton Area |
| Website | City of Easton, Pennsylvania |
Easton is a city in and the county seat of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton straddles the Lehigh River as it flows into the Delaware River, which serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
Easton is the easternmost city in the Lehigh Valley, a region of 731 square miles (1,890 km2) that is Pennsylvania's third-largest and the nation's 68th-largest metropolitan region with 861,889 residents as of the U.S. 2020 census. The smallest of the Valley's three major cities, Easton has less than half the population of Bethlehem and about one-fourth that of Allentown.
The greater Easton area includes the city of Easton, three townships (Forks, Palmer, and Williams), and three boroughs (Glendon, West Easton, and Wilson). Centre Square, the city's town square in its downtown neighborhood, is home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a memorial for Easton-area veterans killed during the American Civil War. In the first half of the 20th century, Centre Square was referred to locally as the Circle. The Peace Candle, a candle-like structure, is assembled and disassembled every year atop the Civil War monument for the Christmas season.
Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, formerly the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, runs through Easton on its way from Phillipsburg to Bethlehem and Allentown. Easton sits 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Allentown, 51 miles (82 km) north of Philadelphia, and 64 miles (103 km) west of New York City.