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Iron Hill

Ghost town · Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Allentown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1894, 1:62,500)
Allentown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1894, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Iron Hill is a ghost town in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is one of 5 former communities in Northampton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Iron Hill as a historical populated place on the Hellertown topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6084° N, 75.3430° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHellertown
Elevation286 ft
Nearest living townFreemansburg, PA
Distance to it1.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1196034
Coordinates40.60843, -75.34296

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What's there now

Iron Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Freemansburg, PA (population 2,871), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 286 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Iron Hill?

Iron Hill is in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, at 40.6084, -75.3430.

How many ghost towns are in Northampton County?

Northampton County, Pennsylvania has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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