1875
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PROPERTY
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Anthony, Charles |
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Bates, A. |
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Becker, B. |
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Bigley, T. |
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Burke, D. |
Estate |
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C.N.J. RR |
Leslie's Run Depot |
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C.N.J. RR |
Penn Haven Depot |
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Cannon, J. |
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Carbon County |
Poor house & asylum |
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Carrell, Charles |
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Culp, William |
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Decker, F. |
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Decker, Mrs. |
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Ebberts, J. |
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Felter, A. |
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Fritz, J. |
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Fritz, J. H. |
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Groff, J. |
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Heney, B. |
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Hinser, C. |
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Hittinger, J. |
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Horn, D. |
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Kengle, J. |
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Kinkle, W. |
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Koons, S. |
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Lehigh Twp. |
Schoolhouse |
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McDonald, D. |
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McDonald, J. M. |
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Methodist Episcopal Society |
Church & cemetery |
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Miller, D. |
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Miller, G. |
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Owner not named |
Grist Mill |
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Owner not named |
Blacksmith shop |
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Owner not named |
Saw mill |
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Owner not named |
Shoe shop |
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Petrey, J. |
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Pifer, J. |
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Ramsey, C. |
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Roman Catholic Society |
Church & cemetery |
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Serfass, J. |
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Serfass, R. |
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Serfose, J. |
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Shafer, J. |
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Simmons, J. |
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Site, F. |
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Sites, William |
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Stettler, G. |
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Stettler, George |
Saw Mill |
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Toomy, John |
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to see the 1875 map of Lehigh township
Lying along the northern boundary of Carbon County, Lehigh Twp. has remained a mainly rural region. The populated portion lies between Weatherly and White Haven, although the township extends southward along the Lehigh River to a point near Nesquehoning. Much of the southern part of the township is today given over to state game lands and the Lehigh Gorge State Park, including the Glen Onoko scenic area.
South of Rockport along the river there was little settlement, with one major exception. This also marks an omission in the atlas, the villages of Penn Haven. The original village of that name (also known as Old Penn Haven) was located where the Black Creek empties into the Lehigh River and was built up around the Lehigh Canal and early railroads. About a mile south of this site existed the other village of that name, also known as (and shown on the map as) Penn Haven Junction. At the time of the printing of the atlas, a few dozen families lived in the villages. Sadly, the atlas does not show any of the property owners or buildings, save for the Central Railroad of NJ’s depot. Shortly after the turn of the century, the Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge at Penn Haven Junction (shown in the map) was moved from that location northward to Old Penn Haven. The Central railroad kept its switching tower and the rail yards between the two sites active until the early 1970s. The ownership of the railroad changed in the mid 1970s and the tower and yards closed. Today there is little sign of either village. The cement platform foundation of the old tower is still plainly visible at Old Penn Haven, while at the site of Penn Haven Junction, only a close inspection might turn up an old foundations or a cellar hole or two. Both villages had died out shortly after the turn of the century.
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