Palmerton, Pennsylvania

Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Borough
	St. Vladimir Church in Palmerton in May 2019
	Seal
	Location of Palmerton in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
	Coordinates: 40°48′11″N 75°36′43″W / 40.80306°N 75.61194°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Carbon
Incorporated	October 14, 1912
Government
• Mayor	Donald Herrmann
Area
• Total	2.54 sq mi (6.57 km2)
• Land	2.48 sq mi (6.44 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation	407 ft (124 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,593
• Density	2,250.70/sq mi (868.95/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	18071
Area codes	610
FIPS code	42-57696
Website	palmertonborough.com

Palmerton is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 5,414 at the 2010 census.^[3]

Palmerton is located 18.9 miles (30.4 km) northwest of Allentown and 86.6 miles (139.4 km) northwest of Philadelphia.

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^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Palmerton borough, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.