| Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The borough is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
Northampton is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Allentown and 15 miles (24 km) west of Easton. The population of the borough was 9,405 at the 2000 census.
Northampton was once a global center for the manufacturing of cement . The Atlas Portland Cement Company was based there, until it was closed in 1982, due largely to foreign competition.
Tru Blu brewery, a microbrewery, is based in Northampton. The Roxy Movie Theatreis a popular destination for many Lehigh Valley Residents. Northampton offers many nice, affordable homes for first time home buyers and young families looking to get the most for their mioney. Another key benefit for people looking to purchase real estate in Noirthampton are the releatively low property taxes.
Northampton was created from the villages of Siegfried, Newport and Stemton, which together were formed into an alliance in 1902. In 1909, Atlas petitioned county courts to change the alliance into a borough, reportedly because the change would make it easier for the company to send and receive mail.
The Atlas Portland Cement Company plant closed in 1982, but borough residents — many of them former Atlas employees or their descendants — still identify strongly with the company and its history.
The Atlas Portland Cement Company supplied most of the cement used in the building of the Panama Canal. The residents of Northampton are very proud of their town's help in building one of the most famous canals in the history of the world.
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