Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Allentown City Ordinance of 16 January 1907 (Page 59) | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Salisbury, 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 of 16 January 1907 (Page 59) | shape | ordinance (code, 1912) | 182 | point where the middle of Jefferson street extended southward from Hamilton street intersect with the middle of the Little Lehigh Creek and in the present southern boundary line of the City of Allentown |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | 1907 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of May 23, 1889 (Pa. Laws 277, No. 247), art. 3, § 5 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 23, 1889 (Pa. Laws 277, No. 247), art. 3, §§ 1–3 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 16, 1901 (Pa. Laws 224, No. 165), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 16, 1901 (Pa. Laws 224, No. 165), § 2 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown, City of | Ordinance 115: Providing for the annexation to the City of Allentown of a part of Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, adjoining said city on the south [...] Containing 182.0 acres of land more or less | Jan 15, 1907 | Jan 16, 1907 | v. 5, p. 59–60 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | 612 | |||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 12 | 544 | ||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 15 | 544 | ||||
| View | Allentown 1913 | Boundaries, Ward Divisions and Annexations. | 81–83 | ||||
| View | Allentown 1947 | CHAPTER 4. ANNEXATION. | 55–56 | ||||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Weirbach, Chas. D. (Engineer) | Aug 21, 1907 | Received Aug 22, 1907 | |||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Weirbach, Chas. D. (Engineer) | Apr 6, 1910 | Received Apr 8, 1910 | |||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Received Nov 10, 1911 |