Pleasant Corners, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Corners, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Corners
Coordinates: 40°41′0″N 75°41′26″W / 40.68333°N 75.69056°W / 40.68333; -75.69056Coordinates: 40°41′0″N 75°41′26″W / 40.68333°N 75.69056°W / 40.68333; -75.69056
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Township	Heidelberg
Elevation	568 ft (173 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	1199318^[1]

Pleasant Corners is an unincorporated community located in Heidelberg Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Pleasant Corners is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 100 and Pennsylvania Route 309 between New Tripoli and Schnecksville. It is part of the Lehigh Valley region of the state.^[2]

Jacob Holben erected a foundry in 1850 and the settlement was named Holbensville. In 1857, it was renamed "Pleasant Corners".^[3]

References

↑ "Pleasant Corners". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
↑ Miller, Benjamin LeRoy (1941). "Toponymy" (PDF). Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania. 4. 1. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Geological Survey. p. 78. Pleasant Corner(s), Heidelberg Township; originally named Holben(s)ville for Jacob Holben who erected a foundry there in 1850. It was changed to its present name by Owen Hunsicker, Daniel Rex and Abraham Peter because of its desirable location, about 1857. The first post office there, established in 1873, was called Jordan Post Office.

Pleasant Corners

New Smithville

Lehigh Valley

States	Pennsylvania New Jersey

Counties	Carbon Lehigh Northampton Warren

Three Cities	Allentown Bethlehem Easton

Cities and towns 100k-250k	Allentown

Cities and towns 50k-99k	Bethlehem

Cities and towns 10-50k	Bethlehem Township Easton Emmaus Forks Township Hanover Township Lehigh Township Lower Macungie Township Lower Saucon Township North Whitehall Township Northampton Palmer Township Phillipsburg Salisbury Township South Whitehall Township Upper Macungie Township Upper Saucon Township Whitehall Township

Regions	Saucon Valley

People	List of people from the Lehigh Valley

Municipalities and communities of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Allentown

Cities	Allentown Bethlehem‡

Boroughs	Alburtis Catasauqua Coopersburg Coplay Emmaus Fountain Hill Macungie Slatington

Townships	Hanover Heidelberg Lower Macungie Lower Milford Lowhill Lynn North Whitehall Salisbury South Whitehall Upper Macungie Upper Milford Upper Saucon Washington Weisenberg Whitehall

CDPs	Ancient Oaks Breinigsville Cementon Cetronia DeSales University Dorneyville Egypt Fullerton Hokendauqua Laurys Station New Tripoli Schnecksville Slatedale Stiles Trexlertown Wescosville

Unincorporated communities	Balliettsville Best Station Center Valley Colesville‡ East Texas Emerald Evergreen Park Fogelsville Gauff Hill Germansville Hensingersville‡ Hosensack Ironton Kuhnsville Lanark Limeport Locust Valley Lynnport Neffs New Smithville Old Zionsville Orefield Pleasant Corners Powder Valley Scherersville Schoenersville‡ Shimerville Summit Lawn Vera Cruz Walbert Wanamakers Werleys Corner West Catasauqua Zionsville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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