Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Allentown City Ordinance 10726 | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Whitehall, Township of (Lehigh) Reduction |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Allentown, City of Expansion |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Allentown City Ordinance 10726 | shape | ordinance | 0.514 | corner in the present City Line, which corner is distant South 67° 06' 05' West 360.85' from a corner in present City Line where it is coincident with the west line of North Fourth Street immediately north of Jordan Creek |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | Road | Jul 1965 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of June 23, 1931 (Pa. Laws 932, No. 317), §§ 501–505 | indirect |
| View | Act of July 2, 1937 (Pa. Laws 2803, No. 588), §§ 10 [4th] [501]–10 [4th] [505] | indirect |
| View | Act of June 28, 1951 (Pa. Laws 662, No. 164), §§ 5 [501]–5 [505] | indirect |
| View | Act of April 1, 1959 (Pa. Laws 16, No. 12), §§ 1–2 | indirect |
| View | Act of July 10, 1959 (Pa. Laws 519, No. 138), § 1 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown, City of | Ordinance 10726: Annexing certain property owned by the City of Allentown and located within Whitehall Township, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Jun 29, 1965 | p. 451–452 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1970 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 34 | 40-44 | ||||
| View | Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. Rep. | Annexations in Pennsylvania (in Boundary Change Histories folder, Annexation Listings - Old subfolder) | 1 | ||||
| View | Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. | Lehigh County | |||||
| View | Pa. Dep't Educ. Ax. F. (St.Arc. 22.120) (1940-66) | Allentown City School District, 1962-1965 (1 folder) |