Mickleys, Pennsylvania

Mickleys is an unincorporated community in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The village was named after the family of John Jacob Mickley (1697–1769), who settled here in 1745.[2] It is located along Pennsylvania Route 145, also known as MacArthur Road. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

Mickleys, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
St. John's United Church of Christ in Mickleys
Mickleys
Location of Mickleys in Pennsylvania
Mickleys
Mickleys (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°38′50″N 75°29′44″W
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyLehigh
TownshipWhitehall
Elevation
117 m (384 ft)
Population
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18052
GNIS feature ID1204164 [1]

St. John's United Church of Christ, built in 1849, was originally known as the South Whitehall Church, commonly called Mickley's Church, and was a Union Church with both Reformed and Lutheran congregations. Jacob Mickley (1794–1888), great-grandson of John Jacob, was an elder and on the building committee.[3]

References
  1. "Mickleys". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Miller, Benjamin L. Toponymy (PDF). p. 74.
  3. Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. (1884). History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards. pp. 500, 508.
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