Center Valley is an

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located one mile north of Coopersburg, at the intersection of Pennsylvania State Routes 309 and 378 in Upper Saucon Township in

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Lehigh County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Lechaa Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557.

. It is part of the

Lehigh Valley The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the no ...

, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous

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in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

History

Centennial Bridge in Center Valley, built in 1876, was listed on the

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in 1989. The bridge was demolished in 2013.

Commerce and businesses

Stabler Corporate Center, one of the largest areas of land being developed in the

, is located in Center Valley. In October 2006, The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, the Lehigh Valley's highest-end outdoor mall, opened in Center Valley.The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley
/ref> Center Valley also is headquarters of

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for the Americas, JetPay, Aesculap (a subsidiary of

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), and the

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, a

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with 24 men's and women's collegiate sports. The city also holds large regional offices for

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and Mass Mutual.

Education

Primary and secondary education

Center Valley is part of the Southern Lehigh School District. Students in grade nine through 12 attend Southern Lehigh High School in Center Valley.

Colleges and universities

Two campuses of

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are located in Center Valley: *

DeSales University DeSales University (DSU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic university in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The university offers traditional, online, and hybrid courses and programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. N ...

, formerly Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales *

Penn State Lehigh Valley Penn State Lehigh Valley is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Center Valley, outside of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. History In 1912, Penn State opened its first permanent branch scho ...

Notable people

* Ed Freed, former professional baseball player,

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* Beatrice Kemmerer, former

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player

References

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