Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Washington Township | |
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Lehigh Gap Nature Center in Washington Township in 2011 | |
Location of Washington Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | |
Location of Washington Township in Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′59″N 75°37′30″W / 40.74972°N 75.62500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Area | |
| 23.74 sq mi (61.48 km2) | |
| • Land | 23.55 sq mi (61.01 km2) |
| • Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.48 km2) |
| Elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| 6,624 | |
• Estimate (2016) | 6,761 |
| • Density | 287.04/sq mi (110.83/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 18065, 18078, 18079, 18080 |
| Area code(s) | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-077-81280 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | Northern Lehigh |
| Website | www |
Washington Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Washington Township was 6,624 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.