Editing Palmer Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Infrastructure==
When Palmer's major roadway system first started to develop in the 18th century, dictated largely by the trails leading from Easton to outlying communities. [[William Penn Highway]], the first road built in Palmer in around 1755, led from Easton to [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]. Freemansburg Avenue leads from Easton to Freemansburg; Old Nazareth Road leads from Easton to [[Nazareth, Pennsylvania|Nazareth]]; Tatamy Road leads from Easton to [[Tatamy, Pennsylvania|Tatamy]]; and Hecktown Road and the Newburg Pike leads from Seipsville to Hecktown and [[Newburg, Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Newburg]].<ref name="Anderson4" /> Greenwood Avenue, which runs between Freemansburg Avenue and William Penn Highway, was opened in the 1960s. At the time, township supervisor H. Robert Daws said, "The opening of this north-south artery in the center of the township benefits not only the township, but the whole area."<ref name="Lerch0725" />