Palmerton
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| Location in Pennsylvania | |||
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| Foundation : | October 14, 1912 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Carbon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 48 ′ N , 75 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,248 (status: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 874.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.5 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.0 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 124 m | ||
| Postal code : | 18071 | ||
| Area code : | +1 610 | ||
| Website : | www.palmertonborough.com | ||
| Mayor : | Christopher Olivia | ||
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Palmerton is a borough in Carbon County in the US state of Pennsylvania .
From 1898 to 1980, today's Horsehead Corporation operated a zinc smelter here with local coal and zinc from Franklin, about 100 km away . The name of the place, which is about 40 km northwest of Allentown , was given in 1912 in honor of the then President of the New Jersey Zinc Company , Stephen S. Palmer, when the city was founded.
Personalities
- Jane Jensen (* 1963), game designer
- Mario Kotaska (* 1973), cook
- Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (1910–1973), politician
- Bill Mlkvy (born 1931), basketball player
- Andrew Pataki (1927-2011), bishop