Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Records

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (Map It) was created on March 6, 1812 from Northampton County. The county was named for the Lehigh River.

Lehigh County is bordered by Carbon County (north), Northampton County (northeast), Bucks County (southeast), Montgomery County (south), Berks County (southwest), Schuylkill County (west). A Map of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

Lehigh County Townships include  Hanover, Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lower Milford, Lowhill, Lynn, North Whitehall, Salisbury, South Whitehall, Upper Macungie, Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Washington, Weisenberg, Whitehall.

Lehigh County Boroughs include  Alburtis, Catasauqua, Coopersburg, Coplay, Emmaus, Fountain Hill, Macungie, Slatington.

Lehigh County Cities & Towns include Allentown, Bethlehem. See also Lehigh County Municipalities Incorporation Dates.

MapGeeks.org has is a collection of old Pennsylvania maps.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Courthouse Records

The Lehigh County Courthouse is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Learn More About State of Pennsylvania Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Lehigh county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

• Lehigh County Recorder of Deeds has Land Records from 1812.
• Lehigh County Prothonotary / Clerk of Courts has Court & Divorce Records from 1812.
• Lehigh County Register of Wills/ Orphan's Court Clerk has Marriage & Probate Records from 1812 and Birth & Death Records from before Jan 1906.
• Lehigh County Tax Assessor Office has tax records.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Census Records

• Learn More: State of Pennsylvania Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Vital Records

• Learn More: State of Pennsylvania Vital Records
• Birth & Death Records: 1906 to present.
• Marriage Records: does not have marriage records. The marriage records should be available in the County Court House.
• Divorce Records: does not have marriage records. The marriage records should be available in the County Court House.
• Locations: Pennsylvania Office of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania State Archives
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail: Birth Certificate, Death Certificate Applications.
• In Person:  Division of Vital Records, 101 South Mercer Street, Central Building, Room 401, New Castle, PA 16103; PH (724) 656-3100

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Resources

• Pennsylvania Archives - Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission series contains records of pennsylvania, from 1664 to 1780, and includes military, marriage, tax and land records. This is a Free Database.
• Lehigh County Historical Society
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Message Boards

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania External Links

• Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Historical Maps of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania - PA D.O.T.
• Historical Newspapers from Pennsylvania (1719 - 1997)
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Books - Amazon
• Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania - FindaGrave
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: Hilffrich Pastoral Records
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1858: Jordan Reformed Congregation
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1757-1885: Upper Milford Reformed Congregation
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1782-1856: Christ Lutheran Congregation
• Trexlertown Union Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1882
• Churchs of Coopersburg Lutheran Charge, St John's, St. Paul's, the Blue, Upper Saucona, New Jerusalem pples, Leithsville
• Membership and burial record of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed congregations and cemeteries
• History of Zion Reformed Churcllentown, Pennsylvania, 1762-1937
• History of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Muhlenberg College, a quarter-centennial memorial volume
• History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill counties
• A history of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Links - Cyndi's List
• Lehigh Co. PAGenweb
• Lehigh Co. Data Collections
• Allentown, Pennsylvania Directories, 1887, 1889-90
• Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Directory, 1890
• Directory of the city llentown and Lehigh County for 1895
• Rural free delivery directory and business advertisers of Lehigh County
• The Farmer's directory of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Military Records