Upper Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania

Upper Nazareth Township
Cornfield in Upper Nazareth Township in July 2012
Location of Upper Nazareth Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Coordinates: 40°43′30″N 75°22′30″W / 40.72500°N 75.37500°W / 40.72500; -75.37500
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northampton
Area [1]
• City	7.45 sq mi (19.30 km2)
• Land	7.30 sq mi (18.92 km2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2)
Elevation	413 ft (126 m)
Population  (2010)
• City	6,231
• Estimate  (2016)[2]	6,795
• Density	930.31/sq mi (359.21/km2)
• Metro	865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	610
FIPS code	42-095-79192
Primary airport	Lehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospital	Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School district	Nazareth Area
Website	www.uppernazarethtownship.org

Upper Nazareth Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.^[3] At the 2010 census, Upper Nazareth Township's population was 6,231.^[4]

The township spans from the Stockertown Borough western border, wrapping most of the way Nazareth westward toward Bath. Most of the township's population is centered in the part of the township that lies northeast of Nazareth, an area and census designated place commonly referred to as East Lawn, or East Lawn Gardens.

Pennsylvania Route 191 runs through Upper Nazareth Township. Schoeneck, an Upper Nazareth Township village, is located in the township north of Nazareth and Nazareth Borough Park.