Mickleys, Pennsylvania
Mickleys is an unincorporated community in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The village was named after the family of John Jacob Mickley (1697–1769) who settled here in 1745.[2] It is located along Pennsylvania Route 145, MacArthur Road.
Mickleys, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 St. John's United Church of Christ, Mickleys, Pennsylvania | |
  Mickleys  Mickleys | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′50″N 75°29′44″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Township | Whitehall |
| Elevation | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 18052 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1204164 [1] |
St. John's United Church of Christ, built in 1849, was originally known as the South Whitehall Church, commonly called Mickley's Church, and was a Union Church with both Reformed and Lutheran congregations. Jacob Mickley (1794–1888), great-grandson of John Jacob, was an elder and on the building committee.[3]
References
- "Mickleys". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Miller, Benjamin L. Toponymy (PDF). p. 74.
- Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. (1884). History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. pp. 500, 508.
External links
Media related to Mickleys, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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