Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Mount Bethel Township | |
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Rolling hills in Upper Mount Bethel Township in July 2006 | |
Upper Mount Bethel Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′00″N 75°07′59″W / 40.86667°N 75.13306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Northampton |
| Area | |
| 43.99 sq mi (113.93 km2) | |
| • Land | 42.32 sq mi (109.60 km2) |
| • Water | 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2) |
| Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| 6,706 | |
• Estimate (2016) | 6,859 |
| • Density | 162.08/sq mi (62.58/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 570 and 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-095-79184 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | Bangor Area |
| Website | Township website |
Upper Mount Bethel Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Upper Mount Bethel Township was 6,706 at the 2010 census. The township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.