Allentown, Pennsylvania
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| City of Allentown | |||
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| Nickname(s): "The A" "The Queen City", "A-Town", "Band City USA", "Peanut City", "Silk City". | |||
| Motto: "Sic Semper Tyrannis" | |||
 Location in Lehigh County |
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| Coordinates: 40°36′06″N 75°28′38″W / 40.60167°N 75.47722°WCoordinates: 40°36′06″N 75°28′38″W / 40.60167°N 75.47722°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Commonwealth | Pennsylvania | ||
| County | Lehigh | ||
| Settled | 1751 | ||
| Founded | 1762 | ||
| Incorporated | March 12, 1867 | ||
| Founded by | William Allen | ||
| Named for | William Allen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-Council | ||
| • Mayor | Ed Pawlowski (D) | ||
| • City Attorney | Susan Wild | ||
| • City Controller | Jeff Glazier | ||
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| • Senate | Pat Browne (R) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Home Rule Municipality | 18.0 sq mi (46.5 km2) | ||
| • Land | 17.8 sq mi (45.9 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) | ||
| • Urban | 289.50 sq mi (749.79 km2) | ||
| • Metro | 730.0 sq mi (1,174.82 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) | ||
| Highest elevation | 440 ft (130 m) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 255 ft (78 m) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Home Rule Municipality | 120,207 (US: 224th) | ||
| • Density | 6,631.0/sq mi (2,571.5/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 664,651 (US: 61st) | ||
| • Urban density | 1,991.0/sq mi (768.7/km2) | ||
| • Metro | 827,048 (US: 68th) | ||
| • Metro density | 1,117.8/sq mi (431.6/km2) | ||
| • Demonym | Allentonian | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP codes | 18101, 18102, 18103, 18104, 18105, 18106, 18109, 18175, 18195 | ||
| Area code(s) | 610, 484 | ||
| FIPS code | 42-02000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1202899 | ||
| Primary Airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport- ABE (Major/International) | ||
| Secondary Airport | Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport- XLL (Minor) | ||
| Website | http://www.allentownpa.gov/ | ||
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| Crime rates* (2013) | |
| Violent crimes | |
| Homicide | 7 |
| Forcible rape | 26 |
| Robbery | 197 |
| Aggravated assault | 138 |
| Total violent crime | 369 |
| Property crimes | |
| Burglary | 717 |
| Larceny-theft | 1,493 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 191 |
| Arson | 2 |
| Total property crime | 2,401 |
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*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.
2012 population: 119,334
Source: 2013 FBI UCR Data |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Established | 1870 |
| Annual calls | 6,000 |
| Employees | 140 |
| Staffing | Career |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Battalions | 2 |
| Stations | 6 |
| Engines | 7 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| HAZMAT | 1 |
| Fireboats | 1 |
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel) is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city and the 224th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently the fastest growing city in all of Pennsylvania. It is the largest city in the metropolitan area known as the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 821,623 residents as of 2010[update]. Allentown constitutes a portion of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is the county seat of Lehigh County. In 2012, the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1762.
Located on the Lehigh River, Allentown is the largest of three adjacent cities, in Northampton and Lehigh counties, that make up a region of eastern Pennsylvania known as the Lehigh Valley. Allentown is 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Philadelphia, the fifth most populous city in the United States, 90 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Harrisburg, the state capital, and 90 miles (140 km) west of New York City, the nation's largest city.
Allentown was cited as a "national success story" in April 2016 by the Urban Land Institute for its downtown redevelopment and transformation, one of only six communities in the country to have been named as such.
In the early 1700s, the land now occupied by the city of Allentown and Lehigh County was a wilderness of scrub oak where neighboring tribes of Indians fished for trout and hunted for deer, grouse, and other game. In 1736, a large area to the north of Philadelphia, embracing the present site of Allentown and what is now Lehigh County, was deeded by 23 chiefs of the five great Indian nations to John, Thomas, and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn. The price for this tract included shoes and buckles, hats, shirts, knives, scissors, combs, needles, looking glasses, rum, and pipes.
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