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Sigmund is an unincorporated community in Upper Milford Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.[2] Sigmund is located near Perkiomen Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. It is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

Sigmund, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Sigmund, Pennsylvania
Sigmund, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40.473°N 75.559°W / 40.473; -75.559
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyLehigh
TownshipUpper Milford
Elevation
200 m (650 ft)
Population
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18092 and 18062[1]
Area code(s)610
GNIS feature ID1204651[2]
Primary airportLehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospitalLehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School districtEast Penn

History


A furnace was located here in the early 1800s, first named Hampton, and then Mary Ann, and then Sigmund Furnace.[3] A settlement formed around a store in 1872.[4] That same year, a post office called "Sigmund" was established.[5] A school was erected in 1877, and a creamery and home were built in 1886.[6] A meeting of the Hereford Literary Society in 1896 noted that "many new members had come in from Harlem, Sigmund and vicinity".[7]

Sigmund Bible Camp opened in 1956 on 73 acres (30 ha) of land.[8] The site contains a coal storage building—now used as a church—erected before 1850, which was previously used to fuel a nearby iron furnace.[8] A stone house at the camp from 1871 was previously Sigmund's post office, general store, and hotel.[8] Two quarries and three lime kilns are also located on camp property.[8] A gym at the camp is open to the community, and is used by the Upper Milford Youth Association.[8]


Public education


Sigmund is served by East Penn School District. Emmaus High School serves grades nine through twelve. Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie, serve grades six through eight.


References


  1. "Geographic Names Information System". zipdatamaps.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sigmund
  3. Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County. Vol. 2. Historical Society of Berks County. 1910. p. 35.
  4. Upper Milford Township. Upper Milford Historical Society. 2012. p. 7.
  5. Roberts, Charles Rhoads (1914). History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families. Vol. 1. Lehigh Valley Publishing Company. p. 788.
  6. Proceedings and Papers Read Before the Lehigh County Historical Society. Vol. 1–2. Lehigh County Historical Society. 1908. pp. 151–152.
  7. Schuler, Henry Addison (1904). History of the Hereford Literary Society From the Organization of the Hereford Debating Club, 1875, to the Reunion of Sept. 5, 1903. Berkemeyer, Keck & Company. p. 151.
  8. Heminitz, Peggy (April 1, 2011). "Victory Valley Camp Topic of Upper Milford Historical Society Meeting". Patch.com.

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