Slatedale

Slatedale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area of the United States.

As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 455.[2]

Slatedale is in northern Lehigh County, west of the center of Washington Township. It is 3 miles (5 km) west of the borough of Slatington and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Allentown, the county seat and the third most populous city in Pennsylvania.

Both Slatedale and Slatington are named after the large amount of slate found in the area.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Slatedale CDP has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.8 km2), of which 0.6 acres (2,464 m2), or 0.32%, are water.[1] Trout Creek forms the southern border of the community and flows east to the Lehigh River in Slatington. Blue Mountain rises 2 miles (3 km) to the north.

The village of Slatedale is served by the Citizen's Fire Co #1, Slatedale, for fire protection and Northern Valley EMS for ambulance services. While it has its own box post office with the ZIP code of 18079, surrounding areas use the Slatington ZIP code of 18080.

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