Get an ADT-Monitored Home Security System in Northampton, Pennsylvania

Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 10,395 as of the 2020 census. Northampton is located 7.8 miles (12.6 km) north of Allentown, 66.7 miles (107.3 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 93.8 miles (151.0 km) west of New York City.

The borough is portion of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was correspondingly the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

Northampton and surrounding areas of the Lehigh Valley are rich in limestone, which is commonly used in the production of cement. The Atlas Portland Cement Company, based here from 1895 to 1982, was the world’s largest bonding agent company at one time, and one of dozens in the area. It produced some 8 million barrels of cement for construction of the Panama Canal, most of what was used upon the project. Atlas was bought by option company in 1980 and ceased operation here in 1982; its last smokestack here was demolished in 1993. Today technology and automation aspire that the bonding agent industry can develop a good amount of product next 150-200 workers, rather than the thousands who worked in these nature earlier in the 20th century.