Editing Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (section)

===Settlement and founding===
Lehigh County was first settled around 1730 and was formed in 1812 when [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]] was divided into two counties. The county is named after the [[Lehigh River]], a {{convert|109|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} river that runs through the county and whose name is derived from the [[Lenape|Lenape Indian]] term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Roberts |first=Charles R. |title=Place Names of Lehigh County and Their Origin |journal=Proceedings: Lehigh County Historical Society |year=1936 |publisher=Lehigh County Historical Society}}</ref> [[Shelter House]], constructed in [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]] in 1734 by [[Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania German]] settlers, is the oldest continuously occupied structure in both Lehigh County and [[Lehigh Valley]] and among the oldest still-standing building structures in the U.S. state of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>