Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hanover Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The population of Hanover Township was 10,866 at the 2010 census. Hanover Township is northeast of Allentown, north of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. Hanover Township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. It is drained by Monocacy Creek and Catasauqua Creek into the Lehigh River. Its villages include Hanoverville, Schoenersville, Stoke Park, and Westgate Hills. Hanover Township is a suburb of the city of Bethlehem, which lies just south of Hanover. Officially, the township has never been considered as a section of the city of Bethlehem, rather just a neighboring community with a strong connection to its large municipal neighbor to the south. Neighboring municipalities East Allen Township (north) Lower Nazareth Township (northeast) Bethlehem Township (east) Bethlehem (southeast and southwest) Hanover Township, Lehigh County (west) Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 10,866 people, 4,245 households, and 3,144 families residing in the township. The population density was