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Congregational, was built in 1850 and still stands today on West Abbott Street.
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1553:communities
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1492:Penn Forest
1408:Summit Hill
1368:Bowmanstown
1338:County seat
1228:11 December
1171:11 December
1021:October 12,
933:other races
583:Summit Hill
544:Coal Region
516:Summit Hill
437:1930 census
433:2010 census
166: /
1664:Categories
1597:Little Gap
1582:Forest Inn
1403:Parryville
1378:Jim Thorpe
1345:Jim Thorpe
1199:2008-01-31
1001:References
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571:Jim Thorpe
565:, athwart
422:coal mines
419:anthracite
375:(town) in
327:Area codes
255:Population
151:40°49′53″N
1626:Footnotes
1612:Packerton
1577:Audenried
1452:East Penn
1439:Townships
1418:Weissport
1413:Weatherly
1398:Palmerton
1388:Lehighton
1373:East Side
1149:March 17,
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532:Allentown
524:Lehighton
502:Geography
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385:Allentown
339:FIPS code
277:Time zone
247:Elevation
154:75°53′0″W
1592:Junedale
1572:Ashfield
1536:Tresckow
1482:Mahoning
1467:Lausanne
1457:Franklin
1383:Lansford
1355:Boroughs
937:Hispanic
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919:, 0.07%
915:, 0.35%
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1561:Andreas
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1046:Oct 12,
911:98.18%
601:of the
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447:History
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373:borough
348:Website
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1487:Packer
1472:Lehigh
1462:Kidder
941:Latino
908:census
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820:−13.3%
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970:Media
925:Asian
913:White
890:4,141
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187:State
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975:WLSH
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