Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown and the seventh-largest city in the state. Among its total population as of 2020, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19,343 were in Lehigh County. The city is located along the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River.
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Image: South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District Oct 11
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Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Northampton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,951. Its county seat is Easton. The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Its namesake was the county of Northamptonshire in England, and the county seat of Easton was named for Easton Neston, a country house in Northamptonshire. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
A 1905 illustration of Northampton County Courthouse in Easton
The Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge, which connects Easton in Northampton County with Phillipsburg in northwestern New Jersey in the Lehigh Valley, in October 2009
The Alumni Memorial Building at Lehigh University in Bethlehem in August 2005
Freedom High School, one of two large public high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District, in November 2008
