Editing Moore Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Stonemasonry (8449683216).jpg|thumb|A restored farmhouse in Moore Township in February 2013]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|37.5|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|37.5|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi}}, or 0.08%, is water. Geophysically, it is located within the great bend of the lower [[Lehigh River]] mouth region north of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], north-northwest of [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], and west of [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]] on the mouth of the [[Lehigh River]].

Moore Township drains into the [[Delaware River]] through [[Catasauqua Creek|Catasauqua]],<ref 
 name=nwismap>Source appears located in ravine 600-800 east of kink in West Dannersville Road, 1200 ft south of [[PA 248|Pheasant Drive]] (W. Main Blvd.), approximately 1000 ft north of township border with East Allen Twp. per {{plain link
 |1=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/nwismap/?site_no=01451165&agency_cd=USGS
 |2=this hydrology map}} and the topological equivalent from the National Map viewer. 
</ref> [[Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary)|Monocacy]], and [[Hokendauqua Creek|Hokendauqua]] creeks, each of which originate in the township and are tributaries of the Lehigh River, and by the south and east draining [[Bushkill Creek]] tributary of the [[Delaware River]]. Its landscapes compose the foothills south of its natural northern boundary, which is the over {{convert|150|mi}}-long [[Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Blue Mountain]] [[barrier ridge]].

Its ten villages are [[Beersville, Pennsylvania|Beersville]], Copella, Dannersville, Delps, [[Emanuelsville, Pennsylvania|Emanuelsville]], Jamesville, Klecknersville, Moorestown, Point Phillip, and Youngsville.

===Neighboring municipalities===
*[[Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh Township]] (west)
*[[Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Allen Township]] (southwest)
*[[East Allen Township, Pennsylvania|East Allen Township]] (south)
*[[Upper Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Nazareth Township]] (southeast)
*[[Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania|Bushkill Township]] (east)
*[[Ross Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Ross Township, Monroe County]] (northeast)
*[[Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Eldred Township, Monroe County]] (north)
*[[Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County]] (northwest)

Moore Township surrounds the borough of [[Chapman, Pennsylvania|Chapman]].