Hensingersville, Pennsylvania
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Hensingersville, also known as New Hensingersville, is an unincorporated community located mostly in southwestern Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County but also in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, near the intersections of Pennsylvania Route 2018 (Mountain Road), Pennsylvania Route 3001 (Hensingersville Road), Chestnut Road, and Reservoir Hill Road. It is located in the Lehigh Valley
, just south of the Borough of Alburtis
and Lock Ridge
, at the confluence of the west and east branches of Swabia Creek
. Its elevation is 489 feet. Hensingersville appears on the East Greenville U.S. Geological Survey Map and is designated by the USGS as a Populated Place
. It is split between the Alburtis zip code
of 18011 and the Macungie zip code
of 18062. http://www.hipcodes.com/18062/
In 1846, a hotel was built by Peter Hensinger and local residents named the area Hensingersville. A post office was located at Hensingersville in 1858. However, that same year, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
was located several miles north in what later became Alburtis. After 10 years, the post office was transferred to Alburtis. A ghost named Bucky is alleged to haunt the Old Hensingersville Hotel.
Hensingersville Dam is located south of Hensingersville, off Reservoir Hill Road. In 1936, Hensingersville Dam was built on the east branch of Swabia Creek in the Lehigh River
watershed. The dam is owned by the Alburtis Borough Authority and is used for recreation purposes. The dam is earth and concrete, 18 feet high by 135 feet long. Its capacity is 51 acre.ft. Normal storage is 3 acre.ft with a surface area of 1 acre (4,046.9 m²). It drains an area of 0.4 square miles (1,035,995.2 m²). The dam's latitude and longitude are 40.4877, -75.5823.
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...
, just south of the Borough of Alburtis
Alburtis, Pennsylvania
Alburtis is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Alburtis was 2,117 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
and Lock Ridge
Lock Ridge Park
Lock Ridge Park is a park built around a historic iron ore blast furnace just outside of Alburtis, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.- History :The park preserves portions of the former Lock Ridge Iron Works...
, at the confluence of the west and east branches of Swabia Creek
Swabia Creek
Swabia Creek, a tributary of Little Lehigh Creek, is a creek located in Berks and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.- Source :...
. Its elevation is 489 feet. Hensingersville appears on the East Greenville U.S. Geological Survey Map and is designated by the USGS as a Populated Place
Populated place
A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population referenced with geographic coordinates...
. It is split between the Alburtis zip code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 18011 and the Macungie zip code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 18062. http://www.hipcodes.com/18062/
In 1846, a hotel was built by Peter Hensinger and local residents named the area Hensingersville. A post office was located at Hensingersville in 1858. However, that same year, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Reading Company
The Reading Company , usually called the Reading Railroad, officially the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway until 1924, operated in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states...
was located several miles north in what later became Alburtis. After 10 years, the post office was transferred to Alburtis. A ghost named Bucky is alleged to haunt the Old Hensingersville Hotel.
Hensingersville Dam is located south of Hensingersville, off Reservoir Hill Road. In 1936, Hensingersville Dam was built on the east branch of Swabia Creek in the Lehigh River
Lehigh River
The Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, is a river located in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. Part of the Lehigh, along with a number of its tributaries, is designated a Pennsylvania Scenic River by the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources...
watershed. The dam is owned by the Alburtis Borough Authority and is used for recreation purposes. The dam is earth and concrete, 18 feet high by 135 feet long. Its capacity is 51 acre.ft. Normal storage is 3 acre.ft with a surface area of 1 acre (4,046.9 m²). It drains an area of 0.4 square miles (1,035,995.2 m²). The dam's latitude and longitude are 40.4877, -75.5823.