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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Philadelphia. It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the south of Bethlehem and has a population of 1,517,550 people.<1>

The next largest community is Allentown. It lies just west of Bethlehem and has a population of 106,632 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Burlington (NJ)   SE46 mi [74 km]9,3963.49% decrease
 Camden (NJ)   S49 mi [78.9 km]79,3830.65% decrease
 Dover (NJ)   NE46 mi [74 km]17,8601.8% decrease
 Hackettstown (NJ)   NE32 mi [51.5 km]9,5118.57% decrease
 Morristown (NJ)   E48 mi [77.2 km]19,2683.9% increase
 New Brunswick (NJ)   E49 mi [78.9 km]51,1495.3% increase
 Phillipsburg (NJ)   NE10 mi [16.09 km]14,5284.21% decrease
 Plainfield (NJ)   E50 mi [80.5 km]46,1263.56% decrease
 Trenton (NJ)   SE42 mi [67.6 km]82,8832.95% decrease
 Coatesville   SW50 mi [80.5 km]11,6247.25% increase
 Easton   NE9 mi [14.48 km]26,0800.7% decrease
 Hazleton   NW39 mi [62.8 km]21,7326.85% decrease
 Pottsville   W43 mi [69.2 km]14,4057.36% decrease
 Reading   SW35 mi [56.3 km]80,5060.86% decrease
 Wilkes-Barre   NW50 mi [80.5 km]40,9325.08% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance
 New Village (NJ)   NE16 mi [25.75 km]
 Ancient Oaks   SW12 mi [19.31 km]
 Belfast   NE11 mi [17.7 km]
 Eastlawn Gardens   NE9 mi [14.48 km]
 Fullerton   W5 mi [8.05 km]
 Hokendauqua   W6 mi [9.66 km]
 Middletown   NE2 mi [3.22 km]
 Monroe   E10 mi [16.09 km]
 New Village   NE18 mi [28.97 km]
 Old Orchard   E6 mi [9.66 km]
 Palmer Heights   NE7 mi [11.27 km]
 Schnecksville   W12 mi [19.31 km]
 Selsie Village   S18 mi [28.97 km]
 Star Village   S2 mi [3.22 km]
 Steel City   E2 mi [3.22 km]

Northampton County

Bethlehem is primarily located in Northampton County. A portion of Bethlehem extends into Lehigh County and Clearfield County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Northampton: Monroe, Bucks, Lehigh, Carbon and Warren (NJ).

While not sharing a border with Northampton, the following counties are close to Bethlehem: Hunterdon (NJ), Berks and Montgomery.

Below are counties that are near Bethlehem (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Bethlehem:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Bethlehem
 Hunterdon County (NJ)   EMount Joy (NJ)9 miles [14 km]
 Mercer County (NJ)   SEMoore (NJ)31 miles [49 km]
 Morris County (NJ)   NEStephensburg (NJ)28 miles [45 km]
 Somerset County (NJ)   EMontgomery (NJ)33 miles [53 km]
 Sussex County (NJ)   NEGreendell (NJ)37 miles [59 km]
 Warren County (NJ)   ECarpentersville (NJ)9 miles [14 km]
 Berks County   SWChapel15 miles [24 km]
 Bucks County   SESpringtown6 miles [9 km]
 Carbon County   NWChristian Corner16 miles [25 km]
 Centre County   NBlakeslee Estates34 miles [54 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bethlehem. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Bethlehem.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Bethlehem and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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