Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
Annexation Municipality Emmaus Borough Ordinance 453 yes*

Dates

Event Year(s) Final Decree Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1969

Map

Affected Government

From
Municipality
From
County
From
State
To
Municipality
To
County
To
State
Upper Milford, Township of
Reduction
Lehigh County
Part
PA
Part
Emmaus, Borough of
Expansion
Lehigh County
Part
PA
Part

Metes and Bounds Description

Detail Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
View Emmaus Borough Ordinance 453: Before whole before ordinance point in the center line of Township Route #T-426, known as Shimerville Road, said point located the following two (2) courses and distances from the intersection formed by the center line of Township Route #T-833, known as South Sixteenth Street, with the center line of Township Route #T-426, known as Shimerville Road; (1) South 1° 5' 30" East, 255.02' to a point, and (2) South 10° 15' 30" East 80.17' to a point, the place of beginning
View Emmaus Borough Ordinance 453: Tract 1 shape ordinance point located on the boundary line of the Borough of Emmaus, said point being further located South 48° 11' 50" West 1343.19' feet from a rail monument set for a Borough corner, said corner being located approximately 140' East of South Second Street
View Emmaus Borough Ordinance 453: Tract 2 shape ordinance 2.3662 iron bolt at a point of intersection of the northerly property line of Marvin H. Boehm and the southerly property line of the East Penn Union School District, said point being the most westerly corner of the herein described tract

Law

Detail Citation Relationship
View Act of July 20, 1953 (Pa. Laws 550, No. 145), §§ 1–9 indirect

Recorded Document

Government Type Location Alternate Location Date Relationship
Lehigh County Deed Book v. 1119, p. 849 reference*
Lehigh County Deed Book v. 983, p. 435 reference*

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
Emmaus, Borough of Ordinance 453: Annexing 15.012 acres of land formerly in the Township of Upper Milford Feb 3, 1969 Feb 3, 1969

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View 1970 Cns. Rep. Footnote 34 40-44