Lanark, Pennsylvania

Lanark is a small unincorporated village located in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Residents of Lanark are served by the Center Valley and Coopersburg Post Offices with zip code of 18034 and 18036, respectively.^[1] Lanark is located within Southern Lehigh School District. Students in grades nine through twelve attend Southern Lehigh High School.

The community was named after Lanark, Scotland.^[2]

Located at the southeastern end of a pass over South Mountain, Lanark is a significant crossroads. Limeport Pike heads south, Vera Cruz Road heads southwest, Saucon Valley Road heads east, and Lanark Road heads southeast. Interstate 78 approaches from the northeast, Pennsylvania Route 309 from the southeast, and meet together with Pennsylvania Route 145 in Lanark at a major interchange, all heading northwest over the mountain. This is the southern and eastern end of the I-78/PA 309 concurrency.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 Street Map Book of Greater Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Alexandria Drafting Company. 2005. pp. 78–79.
↑ Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania place names. State College, PA: The Pennsylvania State College. p. 245.
↑ "Pennsylvania Highways: Interstate 78 Pictures". Jeffrey J. Kitsko, pahighways.com. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

Summit Lawn

Lower Saucon Township

Upper Saucon Township

Lanark

Vera Cruz

Limeport

Center Valley

Lehigh Valley

States	Pennsylvania New Jersey

Counties	Carbon Lehigh Northampton Warren

Three Cities	Allentown Bethlehem Easton

Cities and towns 100k-250k	Allentown

Cities and towns 50k-99k	Bethlehem

Cities and towns 10-50k	Bethlehem Township Easton Emmaus Forks Township Hanover Township Lehigh Township Lower Macungie Township Lower Saucon Township North Whitehall Township Northampton Palmer Township Phillipsburg Salisbury Township South Whitehall Township Upper Macungie Township Upper Saucon Township Whitehall Township

Regions	Saucon Valley

People	List of people from the Lehigh Valley

Municipalities and communities of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Allentown

Cities	Allentown Bethlehem‡

Boroughs	Alburtis Catasauqua Coopersburg Coplay Emmaus Fountain Hill Macungie Slatington

Townships	Hanover Heidelberg Lower Macungie Lower Milford Lowhill Lynn North Whitehall Salisbury South Whitehall Upper Macungie Upper Milford Upper Saucon Washington Weisenberg Whitehall

CDPs	Ancient Oaks Breinigsville Cementon Cetronia DeSales University Dorneyville Egypt Fullerton Hokendauqua Laurys Station New Tripoli Schnecksville Slatedale Stiles Trexlertown Wescosville

Unincorporated communities	Balliettsville Best Station Center Valley Colesville‡ East Texas Emerald Evergreen Park Fogelsville Gauff Hill Germansville Hensingersville‡ Hosensack Ironton Kuhnsville Lanark Limeport Locust Valley Lynnport Neffs New Smithville Old Zionsville Orefield Pleasant Corners Powder Valley Scherersville Schoenersville‡ Shimerville Summit Lawn Vera Cruz Walbert Wanamakers Werleys Corner West Catasauqua Zionsville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°33′06″N 75°25′58″W / 40.55167°N 75.43278°W / 40.55167; -75.43278

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