West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania

West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°38′44″N 75°28′28″W / 40.64556°N 75.47444°W / 40.64556; -75.47444Coordinates: 40°38′44″N 75°28′28″W / 40.64556°N 75.47444°W / 40.64556; -75.47444
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Township	Whitehall
Elevation	384 ft (117 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	18052
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	1190942[1]

West Catasauqua is a village within Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and is colloquially known as "West Catty" by local residents. It uses the Whitehall zip code of 18052.

Geography

West Catasauqua is located at 40°38′52″N 75°28′53″W / 40.64778°N 75.48139°W / 40.64778; -75.48139 (40.647895, -75.481828). The villages of Hokendauqua and Fullerton are directly to the north and south of the village, respectively. The borough of Catasauqua is to the east across the Lehigh River; two bridges connect West Catasauqua to Catasauqua. The bridges are known as Pine street and Race street. The majority of the residential area is within a triangle shape area in the south-eastern portion of the village in between the roads that the bridges are on.

An abandoned segment of the Lehigh Valley Railroad lies within the village along the Lehigh River, including an abandoned switch yard where the village meets Hokendauqua just north of the Pine Street bridge. The village also served as the eastern terminus of the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad.

The West Catasauqua Playground is located in the geographical heart of the village along Pine Street. The West Catasauqua Fire Company as well as a Cetronia Ambulance Corps station are located within the village limits. The village is home also to two gasoline and oil "tank farm".

	Stiles	Hokendauqua	North Catasauqua
	Mickleys		Catasauqua
		West Catasauqua
	Scherersville	Fullerton	Hanover Township

Public education

The community is served by the Whitehall-Coplay School District.

Until 1972, when the centralized Steckel Elementary School was opened on Whitehall-Coplay School District's campus, the village was serviced by the Pleasant Hill Elementary School (K-4) located on First Avenue. The school building was later converted into office space and at one time, was used as the US Headquarters of Tarkett; after Tarkett relocated to another building within the township, the building has been used for general office space including a satellite office for Pennsylvania State Senator Lisa Boscola (D), 18th State Senatorial District.

Government

The village falls under the purview of the Whitehall Township government.

Map source: Lehigh County, PA web site

References

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