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Best Station, Pennsylvania

Best Station is an exurban unincorporated community in northern Lehigh County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1] It is located in Washington Township.

Best Station is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

History edit

A post office called Best was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1914.[2] The name was selected to promote the place as the "best" station around.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Best Station, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ . Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.


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