Breinigsville, Pennsylvania Center of old town, Breinigsville Rd & Brookdale Rd Center of old town, Breinigsville Rd & Brookdale Rd Location inside Lehigh County Location inside Lehigh County Breinigsville is positioned in Pennsylvania Breinigsville - Breinigsville Breinigsville is a census-designated place positioned in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The town is part of Upper Macungie Township, approximately 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Center City Allentown and 7 miles (11 km) east of Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
During the Revolutionary War, Breinig became the colonel of the Second Battalion of Northampton county militia. In 1786, he was commissioned a justice of the precinct of Macungie and Weisenberg townships. Breinig is buried at Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis.
Today, the tavern is in the locale of the Breinigsville Hotel. Around 1855, the Allentown Railroad was graded through Breinigsville, but the tracks were never laid.
In the 1860s, the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad used the undertaking to build from Trexlertown, on its chief line, into Breinigsville, as part of a branch to serve small-town limonite (iron ore) mines. The biggest deposit of pyrite ore in the region was positioned 2 miles northwest of Breinigsville. Later, the village was served by the Allentown-Reading Traction Company.
On the edge of Breinigsville, a United Brethren Church was assembled in 1880 whose membership at one time peaked at around 40.
At one time, the village had a lumber, grain, and coal depot, a carriage works, and a general store, which are no longer in existence. In the mid-1800s, a two-room school home was assembled in the town, with the upper grades taught by Miss Edith Walbert and the lower grades taught by Mr.
John Shoemaker. While the school has long ceased operations, the building still stands. Around 1860, an autonomous school precinct was formed in the township by an act of the legislature.
The single school replaced the dozens of lesser schools, including the one in Breinigsville. The school precinct served until the early 1900s, when the Parkland School District was formed. In 1987, AT&T acquired around 137 acres in Breinigsville which became to be known as TEK Park Campus.
Breinigsville is positioned at 40 32'12" North, 75 37'53" West (40.5367627, -75.6312997). Elevation is 427 feet (130 m).
Breinigsville is positioned along U.S.
The town of Breinigsville is positioned between Trexlertown and Maxatawny.
Breinigsville is served educationally by Parkland School District.
The precinct has one high school, Parkland High School (for grades nine through 12), two middle schools Springhouse Middle School and Orefield Middle School (for grades six through eight), and eight elementary schools (for kindergarten through fifth grade), Cetronia Elementary School, Fogelsville Elementary School, Ironton Elementary School, Fred J.
Jaindl Elementary School, Kernsville Elementary School, Kratzer Elementary School, Parkway Manor Elementary School, and Schnecksville Elementary School.
Elementary students from the Breinigsville region attend Fogelsville or Jaindl while its middle-school students attend Springhouse. Jaindl Elementary School, which opened fall of 2010, is positioned in Breinigsville.
Large facilities and distribution centers in Breinigsville include Shop - Rite, Olympus, Home Depot, Uline, Niagara Bottling and Nestle/Deer Park Water Bottling Plant.
A number of large book publishing companies also operate from Breinigsville.
In 2007, Lightning Source opened a new 130,000sq feet printing and distributing facility in Breinigsville. Cyclocross Magazine also operates from Breinigsville.
Clover Hill Vineyards & Winery as well as Vynecrest Vineyard & Winery are positioned in Breinigsville; the town is also the home to a primary Samuel Adams brewery. The new Upper Macungie Township Police Department positioned in Breinigsville.
Prior to 2013 Breinigsville was served by the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police, which was a multi-jurisdictional police department.
Effective December 31, 2012, Upper Macungie Township Police Department serves the town. The department is positioned at 37 Grim Road, Breinigsville, PA.
Breinigsville is served by three fire departments: Upper Macungie Township Emergency Services Lehigh County Station 56 Terry Hill Waterpark and Campgrounds, a 43-acre (0.17 km2; 0.067 sq mi) waterpark, is positioned in Breinigsville.
Breinigsville has a number of neighborhood parks and playgrounds.
Breinigsville Park is positioned in the center of Breinigsville.
Although it is widely thought to be in Trexlertown, as evidenced by its nickname "T-Town", the Lehigh Valley Velodrome is actually positioned in the Breinigsville section of the township.
Bush made an unannounced stop at the Home Town Diner in Breinigsville, PA. Official records for Allentown were kept at Allentown Gas Company from March 1922 to December 1943, and at Lehigh Valley Int'l since January 1944.
Obtained from the Upper Macungie Township municipal building: Upper Macungie Township - History Committee.
History of Lehigh County Pennsylvania and a Genealogical and Biographical Records of its Families.
Lehigh County Historical Society (1908).
Proceedings and Papers Read Before the Lehigh County Historical Society, Volumes 1 2.
"TEK Park in Breinigsville sells for more than $50 million".
Parkland School District School Map Retrieved on Feb 28, 2012 Kennedy, Sam (March 5, 2014).
Upper Macungie Township Police Department "Upper Macungie Township".
Upper Macungie Township Emergency Services Lehigh County Station 56 "Earl Adams Memorial Park (Breinigsville Park)".
"Breinigsville woman plays host to Rachael Ray show".
History of Lehigh County Pennsylvania and a Genealogical and Biographical Records of its Families.
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