Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

Jacksonville is an unincorporated community that is located in Lynn Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

History

After land had been given for a church and churchyard, the first house was built in 1820.^[2] The village was named after President Andrew Jackson in 1845.^[3]

Points of interest

Monument to Frederick Leaser at Leaser Lake in Jacksonville

• Jacob's Church, the third building for the congregation, was built here in 1864.^[2]
• Leaser Lake, including the 1928 monument to Frederick Leaser, who transported the Liberty Bell to the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown during the American Revolutionary War.^[4][5]

References

1. "Jacksonville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. (1884). History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. p. 312.
3. Miller, Benjamin L. Toponymy (PDF). p. 74.
4. Stauffer, Michael A.; Fries, Paul W. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission – via CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
5. Dedication of the Memorial Tablet to Frederick Leaser at Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1928. Pennsylvania Historical Commission. 1928.