Catasauqua, Pennsylvania

Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Borough
	Dery Silk Mill in the Biery's Port Historic District of Catasauqua in October 2012
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	Location of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Lehigh County in Pennsylvania (right)
	Catasauqua Location of Catasauqua in Pennsylvania Catasauqua Catasauqua (the United States)
	Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 75°28′03″W / 40.65306°N 75.46750°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Government
• Mayor	Barbara Schlegel
Area
• Borough	1.33 sq mi (3.44 km2)
• Land	1.29 sq mi (3.35 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation	279 ft (85 m)
Population (2020)
• Borough	6,518
• Density	5,044.89/sq mi (1,948.11/km2)
• Metro	865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	18032
Area codes	610 and 484
FIPS code	42-11720
Primary airport	Lehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospital	Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School district	Catasauqua Area
Website	www.catasauqua.org

Catasauqua, referred to colloquially as Catty, is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Catasauqua's population was 6,518 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Allentown in 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.

In 1839, Catasauqua was the location of the first manufactured anthracite iron in the nation. The borough was settled in 1805 and chartered in 1853.

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