Trexlertown (also Trexlerstown) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 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.
It lies between Breinigsville and Wescosville. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,988.
The global corporate headquarters of Air Products is located immediately across the Trexlertown's eastern border with Allentown. Lehigh Valley Velodrome, a velodrome for professional and amateur cycling, also is located next to Trexlertown, in Breinigsville.
History
Jeremiah Trexler obtained land adjoining that of his father in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where he kept a tavern as early as in 1732. In 1734 a road was laid out from his tavern through North Wales in now Montgomery County to Philadelphia. As was the custom of the time, a village grew around the tavern, which came to be known as Trexlertown.
Geography
Trexlertown is located southwest of the center of Lehigh County along the southeast edge of Upper Macungie Township at an altitude of . It is bordered to the southwest by Breinigsville and to the southeast by Lower Macungie Township. U.S. Route 222 forms the northern edge of the community; US 222 leads northeast to its terminus at Interstate 78 outside of Allentown and southwest to Reading. Pennsylvania Route 100 forms the western edge of Trexlertown, leading north to its terminus at PA 309 near Pleasant Corners and south to Pottstown.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Trexlertown CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.80%, are water. Schaefer Run and Iron Run join in the southwest part of the community to form Spring Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of Little Lehigh Creek and part of the Lehigh River watershed.
Public education
Trexlertown is part of the Parkland School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Parkland High School.
