Editing Fullerton, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Fullerton''' is an [[unincorporated area]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania|Whitehall Township]] in [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The population of Fullerton was 16,588 as of the 2020 census. 

Fullerton is a suburb of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] in the [[Lehigh Valley]] metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

==History==
[[File:2020 - Lehigh Valley Mall - 7 - Allentown PA.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|[[Lehigh Valley Mall]] in Fullerton, the largest shopping mall in the [[Lehigh Valley]] with [[List of shopping malls in Pennsylvania|146 stores]]]]
Originally known as "Ferndale", the town was located on tracts of land originally settled by Giles Windsor (1767), Stephen Snyder (1786) and Jacob Yundt (1826).<ref>Gensey, p. 17</ref> In 1895, the town was renamed "Fullerton" in honor of local businessman [[James W. Fuller Jr.]], who had purchased the railroad car wheel factory of Frederick & Company in 1865 and operated it as McKee, Fuller & Co.<ref>Gensey, p. 94</ref> and later the Lehigh Car, Wheel & Axle Works.<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 | location=Allentown, Pennsylvania}} Page 11.</ref> Fuller laid out the hamlet in 1870, and by 1883 it was a thriving [[company town]] with a population in excess of 1,500 men and their families. When the Lehigh Valley [[Portland cement|cement]] industry exploded in the early 1900s, Fuller's company prospered by providing machinery to the mills in the region, and the town supplied the workforce for both his factories, and the numerous mills and quarries operating in the immediate area.

The [[Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex]] in Fullerton was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Fullerton is located in eastern [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]] at {{Coord|40|37|53|N|75|28|49|W|type:city}} (40.631297, -75.480215),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in the southern part of [[Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania|Whitehall Township]]. It is bordered to the south by the city of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] and to the east by the [[Lehigh River]]. To the northeast, across the [[Lehigh River]], is the borough of [[Catasauqua, Pennsylvania|Catasauqua]].

[[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]], the [[Lehigh Valley Thruway]], runs through central Fullerton, with two interchanges in the community: one with [[Pennsylvania Route 145]] (MacArthur Road) and the other with Fullerton Avenue/Third Street. US-22 leads east {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]] and west with [[Interstate 78]] {{convert|82|mi}} to [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], the state capital. PA-145 leads south {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the center of Allentown and north {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Walnutport, Pennsylvania|Walnutport]]. The [[Lehigh Valley Mall]] is located in Fullerton on the northeastern side of the US-22/PA-145 interchange.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Fullerton has a total area of {{convert|9.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|9.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 2.23%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref> The community is drained by the Lehigh River and its tributary, [[Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania)|Jordan Creek]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 14268
|2010= 14925
|2020= 16588
|footnote=<ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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As of the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 14,268 people, 6,224 households, and 3,827 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|3,815.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,484 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,733.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.09% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.88% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.52% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.57% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.15% of the population.

Ancestries: German (28.3%), Italian (11.8%), Irish (10.8%), Arab (5.6%), Slovak (5.3%), English (5.0%).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Fullerton-Pennsylvania.html | title=Fullerton, Pennsylvania (PA 18052) profile: Population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders }}</ref>

There were 6,224 households, out of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.87.

In Fullerton, the population was spread out, with 19.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $43,048, and the median income for a family was $50,147. Males had a median income of $40,305 versus $27,230 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $22,164. About 4.6% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
{{Further|Whitehall-Coplay School District}}
Fullerton is part of the [[Whitehall-Coplay School District]]. Students in grades nine through 12 attend [[Whitehall High School (Pennsylvania)|Whitehall High School]].

==Notable people==
*[[Evelyn Keppel]], former [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] baseball player
*[[Dave Steckel (American football)|Dave Steckel]], former college football player and coach
*[[Albert C. Vaughn]], former U.S. Representative

==References==
*{{cite book | first = Karen L. | last = Gensey | year = 2004 | publisher = Kutztown Publishing Company | title = Whitehall, Pennsylvania: The Golden Strip of the Lehigh Valley | oclc = 262464697}}
*{{cite book |last= Roberts |first= Charles Rhoads |author2=Rev. John Baer Stoudt |author3=Rev. Thomas H. Krick |author4=William J. Dietrich  |title= History of Lehigh County Pennsylvania and a Genealogical and Biographical Records of its Families |publisher= Lehigh Valley Publishing Company |year= 1914 |volume = 1}}
*{{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 | location=Allentown, Pennsylvania}}

==Notes==
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{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Fullerton
| Northeast = [[North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania|North Catasauqua]]
| North     = [[Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania|Hokendauqua]]
| East      = [[Catasauqua, Pennsylvania|Catasauqua]]
| Southeast = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]]
| South     = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]]
| Southwest = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]]
| West      = [[Scherersville, Pennsylvania|Scherersville]]
| Northwest = [[Meyersville, Pennsylvania|Meyersville]]
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{{Lehigh County, Pennsylvania}}
{{Lehigh Valley}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]