Shimerville is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 located on Pennsylvania Route 100

Pennsylvania Route 100

Pennsylvania Route 100 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that runs from U.S. Route 202 in West Chester, Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania Route 309 in Pleasant Corners, Pennsylvania....

 and Pennsylvania Route 29. Shimerville is located in Upper Milford Township in Lehigh County

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....

. The community is located just outside and to the south of Macungie, Pennsylvania

Macungie, Pennsylvania

Macungie is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the second oldest borough in the county and a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.-History:...

 and to the west of Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania

Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania

Vera Cruz is a small village in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to the south of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. It uses the Emmaus zip code of 18049.-Early jasper mines:...

. It is served by the Emmaus Post Office with the zip code of 18049.

Founding

In 1733, John

John Penn ("the American")

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, Thomas

Thomas Penn

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, and Richard Penn

Richard Penn, Sr.

Richard Penn was a proprietary and titular governor of the province of Pennsylvania and the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex on the Delaware River....

 sold 352 acres of land on the branch of the Perkiomen Creek

Perkiomen Creek

Perkiomen Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania in the United States.Perkiomen Creek begins in Hereford Township, Berks County, initially flows eastward into Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, and turns southward to reenter...

 to Dirick Johnson. In 1774, Dirick's son, John Johnson, sold 213 acres of that land to Jacob Miller, an Inn Keeper in Upper Milford Township. In the year 1792, John Shimer purchased from Jacob Miller over 250 acres of land, the premises on which the present village of Shimerville is located. By 1795, John Shimer had become a successful farmer, landlord, and Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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for Upper Milford Township.