Center Valley is an unincorporated community (Census Class Code U6) one mile north of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 309 and Pennsylvania Route 378 in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County in the United States. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
History
The Centennial Bridge, built in 1876, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The bridge was demolished in 2013.
Commerce
The Stabler Center, one of the largest areas of land being developed in the Lehigh Valley, is located in Center Valley. In October 2006, The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, the Lehigh Valley's highest-end outdoor mall, opened.
Center Valley also is headquarters of Olympus Corporation for the Americas, JetPay, Aesculap (a subsidiary of B. Braun Melsungen), and the Patriot League, a college athletic conference which has 23 sports. The city also holds large regional offices for Dun & Bradstreet and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Education
Primary and secondary education
Center Valley is part of the Southern Lehigh School District. Students in grade nine through 12 attend Southern Lehigh High School in Center Valley.
Colleges and universities
Two campuses of higher education are located in Center Valley:
DeSales University (formerly Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales)
Penn State Lehigh Valley
Notable people
Ed Freed (1919-2002) - Philadelphia Phillies and minor league baseball player
Beatrice Kemmerer (1930-2013) - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player