Friedensville, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church in Friedensville | |
  Friedensville Location of Friedensville in Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°33′33″N 75°23′41″W / 40.55917°N 75.39472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Township | Upper Saucon Township |
| Elevation | 130 m (420 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 18017 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1175250 [1] |
Friedensville is an unincorporated community which is located in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of 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.
The community's name is derived from the German: Friedenskirche, "Church of peace".[2] Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.
Friedensville Zinc Mines, founded in 1845, were an important operation in Friedensville.[3] Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, around 1830.[4]
In 1881, Franklin Osgood purchased the Lehigh Zinc Company’s mines and formed the Friedensville Zinc Company. He built a zinc oxide plant and zinc smelter in Friedensville.[5][6][7]
