Lower Nazareth Township

LOCATED IN
Pennsylvania
Northampton County

NEIGHBORHOODS
Churchill Farms
Colts Ridge
Foxwood Farms
Hecktown
Hidden Oaks
Hillside Acres
Little Creek Estates
Magnolia Hill
Midland Acres
Newburg Court
Newburg East
Newburg Estates
Newburg Manor
Penns Dryland Estates
Presidential Estates
Ridgeview Estates
Steuben Estates
Stonebriar
Surrey Glen
Tall Oaks
Timberlea Estates
Trio Farms Estates
Hanover Meadows
Hollow Hills
Sleepy Hollow
Smoketown

NEARBY TOWNS
Bath Boro
Bethlehem City
Bethlehem City
Bushkill Twp
Catasauqua Boro
Chapman Boro
East Allen Twp
Freemansburg Boro
Hanover Twp
Moore Twp
Nazareth Boro
North Catasauqua Boro
Upper Nazareth Twp

The Lower Nazareth Township municipal building is located at 306 Butztown Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020; phone: 610-759-7434.

Beginnings [1]

The township of Nazareth was created from Bethlehem township about 1788. In 1807 Nazareth was further divided into 2 townships, Upper and Lower. The first township officers were: Daniel Clewell, constable; George Keim and Nathaniel Clewell, supervisors; Christian H. Miller and Paul Micksch, overseers of the poor.

The first census (1820) counted 1,084 inhabitants. At that time there were 3 taverns, 1 store and 6 schools attended by 200 students.

William J. Heller et. al, History of Northampton County Pennsylvania and The Grand Valley of the Lehigh, The American Historical Society, New York, 1920.

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