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is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the coal region of the state. It is a part of lower Carbon County, which is considered part of the Lehigh Valley and the greater Allentown Metropolitan Area.
Palmerton is located at (40.803077, -75.611808). It lies to the northeast of the junction of the Lehigh River and Aquashicola Creek. To the south of the town lies Blue Mountain, and to the north is Stony Ridge. Palmerton is located east of Bowmanstown and north of the twin towns of Walnutport and Slatington, southeast of Lehighton, and north of the city of Allentown. Palmerton's elevation is at above sea level.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.59%) is water.
The layout of Palmerton's streets and alleys is extremely regular, because most of the town was planned and built by the New Jersey Zinc Company. Avenues, which run east to west, contain the majority of addresses and are named for colleges and universities. Streets, running perpendicular, are numbered from First Street in the west to Eighth Street in the east. Most of the houses in the central and southern parts of town (near the zinc plants) are "doubles" -- one building divided down the center into two residences.