Center Valley is an unincorporated village one mile north of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania

Coopersburg, Pennsylvania

Coopersburg is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Coopersburg was 2,386 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 309

Pennsylvania Route 309

Pennsylvania Route 309 is a major highway which runs for 134 miles through Pennsylvania in the United States. It connects Philadelphia and its northern suburbs to Allentown, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre. A limited-access highway portion of PA 309 in the Wilkes-Barre area is known as the North...

 and Pennsylvania Route 378

Pennsylvania Route 378

Pennsylvania Route 378 is a north-to-south road in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 in Bethlehem and the portion north of the Lehigh River is a freeway. The highway was once Interstate 378 but when Interstate 78 was rerouted from U.S...

 in Upper Saucon Township

Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania

Upper Saucon Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, and geographically in the Saucon Valley....

, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....

, in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

In 1990, Center Valley had a population of 900. Its zip code

ZIP Code

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 is 18034.

Commerce

The Stabler Center

Stabler Center

Stabler Center is a planned residential and commercial community located near Center Valley, Pennsylvania in the southern Lehigh Valley. It is located directly adjacent to Interstate 78 and south of South Mountain....

, one of the largest areas of land being developed in the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...

, is located in Center Valley. In October 2006, The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley

The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley

The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley is a lifestyle center in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States.It is located near the Stabler Center near Center Valley, Pennsylvania...

, the Lehigh Valley's highest-end mall, opened for business.

Center Valley also is the location for the headquarters of Olympus Corporation

Olympus Corporation

is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...

 for the Americas and the headquarters of the Patriot League

Patriot League

The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...

 college athletic conference, which has 23 sports

College athletics

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 (men's: 11; women's: 12), including NCAA Division I FCS football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

.

Education

Three campuses of higher education are located in Center Valley:

• DeSales University
  DeSales University
  DeSales University is a private Catholic university for men and women, located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Before 2001, it was known as Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales.- History :...
  
   (formerly Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales)
• Penn State Lehigh Valley
  Penn State Lehigh Valley
  Penn State Lehigh Valley is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Center Valley, outside of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States...
  
  
• Strayer University
  Strayer University
  Strayer University, formerly Strayer College of Baltimore, Maryland, is a private, for-profit educational institution. The Strayer University campuses are owned by Strayer Education, Inc. , headquartered in Herndon, Virginia....
  
   (Allentown campus)

Notable residents

Ed Freed

Ed Freed

Edwin Charles "Ed" Freed was a professional baseball player. Within an eleven-year span, Freed played eight seasons in the minor leagues, with a "cup of coffee" in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1942 season...

 (1919-2002)- Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

and minor league baseball player