New Tripoli, Pennsylvania

New Tripoli
Census-designated place
Location within Lehigh County
New Tripoli Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania Show map of Pennsylvania New Tripoli New Tripoli (the US) Show map of the US
Coordinates: 40°40′51″N 75°45′07″W / 40.68083°N 75.75194°W / 40.68083; -75.75194Coordinates: 40°40′51″N 75°45′07″W / 40.68083°N 75.75194°W / 40.68083; -75.75194
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
Township	Lynn
Population (2010)
• Total	898
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	18066
Area code(s)	610 and 484 (610 Exchange: 298)

New Tripoli (/trɪˈpoʊli/ trih-POH-lee) is a census-designated place in Lynn Township, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 898 residents.

The village is located at the intersection of Madison Street and Pennsylvania Route 143 near Pennsylvania Route 309 in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. The pronunciation of New Tripoli is with the stress on "PO," as many non-natives make the mistake of stressing the first syllable which will often be corrected by natives. New Tripoli is ZIP Code 18066 in Area Code 610, Exchange 298.

The name comes from Tripoli in Libya, in commemoration of the fighting in the Barbary Wars.^[1]

The village is served by Northwestern Lehigh School District.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Tripoli, Pennsylvania.

• "Lehigh County: Local History" at LehighCounty.org, includes several references to New Tripoli.
• "Lynn-Heidelberg Historical Society" at http://www.lynnheidelberg.org/, includes several references, local events and photos of New Tripoli.
• "New Tripoli separates natives from visitors" at mcall.com, explores the history of the town's unusual pronunciation.