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Zionsville, Pennsylvania

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Zionsville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Zionsville is located in Pennsylvania
Zionsville
Zionsville
Location of Zionsville in Pennsylvania
Zionsville is located in the United States
Zionsville
Zionsville
Zionsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°28′47″N 75°30′19″W / 40.47972°N 75.50528°W / 40.47972; -75.50528
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyLehigh
TownshipsUpper Milford,
Lower Milford
Elevation
200 m (600 ft)
Population
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18092
Area code(s)610 and 484
Primary airportLehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospitalLehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School districtEast Penn

Zionsville is a village mostly in Upper Milford Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with parts of the village located in Lower Milford Township. The West Branch Hosensack Creek forms its natural southeastern boundary and drains it via the Hosensack Creek to the Perkiomen Creek.

Zionsville is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is 18092.

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History

Lenape tribes

The Schubert-Graber log cabin, constructed in the 1735 in Zionsville in Upper Milford Township, is the township's oldest building structure, August 2020.[1]
A mushroom cloud visible along PA Route 100 following a June 9, 2020 fireworks explosion in Zionsville left one dead[2][3]

The area of modern-day Zionsville was once inhabited by the Lenape Indian tribes.[4]

The Lenape tribes were known to live along river fronts or creeks and relied on fertile land around these areas for farming purposes. Due to the extensive and repetitive harvesting and planting of the same land, however, it degraded its quality and eventually was unable to sustain crop growth on these lands. The led them to become largely uninhabitable, and the tribes slowly left the area.

17th century

In the 17th century, Dutch colonists arrived into the area and began buying animal pelts from the Lenape in exchange for European products. In 1682, William Penn and Quaker colonists arrived and founded the Pennsylvania Colony in the lower Delaware River. A peace treaty was signed between newly arriving British and Lenape tribes. However, in the decades building up an estimated 20,000 colonists arrived in the area, forcing the Lenape to be displaced or assimilate.[5]

18th century

When William Penn died in 1718, his two sons, John and Thomas Penn, along with leaders running the colony, ceased practicing William Penn's policies. Attempting to gain more money, they began considering selling land belonging to the Lenape in a agreement with the Penn family now known as the Walking Purchase. The Lenape were displaced from their land in the agreement, and began raiding Pennsylvanian settlements. By 1788, however, most of the remaining Lenape began leaving Pennsylvania to settle in what was then known as Ohio Country, which included parts of present-day Western Pennsylvania, northwestern West Virginia, most of Ohio, and southeastern Indiana.[6][7]

Old Zionsville was founded in 1734 by a group of German settlers on Kings Highway Road, building multiple churches in the region with the oldest being a log cabin built in 1740 which is no longer standing.[8][9]

Zionsville is home to the historic Dillingersville Union School and Church, first built in 1735.[10]

19th century and 20th centuries

Present-day Zionsville was originally part of Old Zionsville until 1876 when Perkiomen Railroad was constructed around a mile southeast of Old Zionsville, leading to the founding of what was then called Zionsville Station. The name was later changed to New Zionsville and then again to its present name of Zionsville.[11]

21st century

2009 post office closure

In January 2009, the Zionsville Post Office closed after the U.S. Postal Service refused to renew its lease. It served portions of Upper Milford, Lower Milford, and Hereford Township, including the villages of Corning, Dillingersville, Hosensack, Powder Valley, Sigmund, and some Five Points residents.

The residents of the ZIP Code 18092 have since been served by the Hereford Post Office but allowed to maintain the use of "Zionsville, PA 18092" as a legal part of the addresses. Zionsville PO Box customers have been hosted by the Old Zionsville Post Office while packages and certified mail that have to be signed for must be picked up in Hereford.[12][13]

2020 explosion

On June 9, 2020, a shipping container containing modified fireworks accidentally detonated along Orchard Road causing a large mushroom cloud that was visible for miles. The explosion set another shipping container ablaze and caused another explosion, causing fireworks to launch into the air, setting nearby corn fields on fire and damaging property. Firefighters were dispatched, the fire was quickly extinguished, and officials discovered the body of Brian Ehret, the owner of the property.

An investigation into the explosion by state officials and the ATF determined that terrorism was not involved in the explosion, and that Ehret had been modifying fireworks when the trailer caught ablaze and exploded. It is still unknown how the initial fire was started.[14][15]

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the population of Zionsville was 3,223. Among the population, 97.1% of the population is white, 0.3% is black, 0.2% is Native American, and 1.1% is Asian.[16] The zip code is in Upper Milford and Lower Milford townships and, to a very small extent, in Hereford Township.

Industry

Lehigh Crane Iron Company once maintained a hematite mine in Zionsville, which was served by the north-to-south Perkiomen Branch of the Reading Railroad. This line remains active north from Pennsuburg to Emmaus as a branch of the East Penn Railroad.[17]

Climate

The climate type is very mild with the summer having high temperatures and humidity, and the winter containing cold to very cold temperatures and an average snowfall of 29.0" inches. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Zionsville is within the Humid Subtropical climate.

Education

Zionsville is part of the East Penn School District. Students in grades 9-12 attend Emmaus High School. Students in grades six through eight attend either Eyer Middle School or Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie. Part of Zionsville, near the village's end in Lower Milford Township, is in the Southern Lehigh School District, where high school students attend Southern Lehigh High School in Center Valley.

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ "Schubert-Graber believed oldest house in township," Patch, July 27, 2011
  2. ^ Fisher, Steven; Chang • •, David (June 10, 2020). "1 Dead After Fireworks Explode Inside 2 Trailers in Lehigh County". NBC10 Philadelphia. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Cuellar, Dann (June 9, 2020). "2 trailers filled with fireworks explode in Zionsville; 1 dead". 6abc Philadelphia. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "lenni-Lenape". tadubois.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  5. ^ O&#39, James; Spady, Neil. ""Colonialism and the Discursive Antecedents of Penn's Treaty with the Indians," in William A. Pencak and Daniel K. Richter, eds., From Native America to Penn's Woods: Colonists, Indians, and the Racial Construction of Pennsylvania (State College: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004), 18-40". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars. 1999.
  7. ^ Harper, Steven Craig (2006). Promised Land: Penn's Holy Experiment, the Walking Purchase, and the dispossession of Delawares. Bethlehem, PA: Steve Craig Harper.
  8. ^ "The History of Upper Milford – Lehigh Valley History". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "Old Zionsville: Our History". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "History of the Dillingersville School Union School and Church Association". Dillingersville School Union School and Church Association. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  11. ^ "Upper Milford Historical Society Puts Things in Perspective". Emmaus, PA Patch. March 13, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  12. ^ Lester, Patrick (January 21, 2009). "Zionsville Post Office closing its doors". The Morning Call. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  13. ^ Lester, Patrick (October 8, 2010). "Residents want to keep addresses". The Morning Call. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  14. ^ Fisher, Steven; Chang • •, David (June 10, 2020). "1 Dead After Fireworks Explode Inside 2 Trailers in Lehigh County". NBC10 Philadelphia. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  15. ^ Cuellar, Dann (June 9, 2020). "2 trailers filled with fireworks explode in Zionsville; 1 dead". 6abc Philadelphia. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  16. ^ "Profile of General Demographics and Housing Characteristics: 2010". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  17. ^ Lehigh County Pennsylvania Geology and Geography (PDF). Harrisburg, Pa. 1941. p. 324.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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