Friedensville, Pennsylvania

Friedensville, Pennsylvania
Friedensville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
	Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Friedensville, Pennsylvania
	Friedensville
	Coordinates: 40°33′33″N 75°23′41″W / 40.55917°N 75.39472°WCoordinates: 40°33′33″N 75°23′41″W / 40.55917°N 75.39472°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Township	Upper Saucon
Elevation	420 ft (130 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	18017
GNIS feature ID	1175250

Friedensville is an unincorporated community in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The community's name is from the German: Friedenskirche, "Church of peace".^[2] Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.

Zinc mines[]

Friedensville Zinc Mines were an important operation in this community, dating back to 1845.^[3] Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, c. 1830.^[4] In 1881, Franklin Osgood purchased the Lehigh Zinc Company’s mines and formed the Friedensville Zinc Company. He built a zinc oxide plant and zinc smelter in Friedensville.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ "Friedensville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
^ Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. State College, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State College. p. 310.
^ "History". Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
^ Kaas, L. Michael (2016). "The History of Zinc Mining in Friedensville, Pennsylvania". The Mining History Journal. 23: 17–42.
^ "Richard W. Pascoe, Mine Superintendent by L. Michael Kaas" (PDF). mininghistoryassociation.org. p. 42. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Friedensville". The Allentown Democrat. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 25 May 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
^ "Death of Franklin Osgood". Greensboro North State. Greensboro, North Carolina. 26 Jan 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

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[1] "Friedensville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[2] Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. State College, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State College. p. 310.

[3] "History". Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

[kaas-4] Kaas, L. Michael (2016). "The History of Zinc Mining in Friedensville, Pennsylvania". The Mining History Journal. 23: 17–42.

[5] "Richard W. Pascoe, Mine Superintendent by L. Michael Kaas" (PDF). mininghistoryassociation.org. p. 42. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[6] "Friedensville". The Allentown Democrat. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 25 May 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-08.

[7] "Death of Franklin Osgood". Greensboro North State. Greensboro, North Carolina. 26 Jan 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

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