LEHIGH

'Lehigh' is a name applied to the Lehigh River (a tributary of the Delaware River) in Pennsylvania. The word originates from a Native American word "Lechauwekink", meaning "where there are forks in the stream." Local Pennsylvania Germans changed this to "Lechau", also spelled "Lechaw", "Lechy", or "Lehi".
The river has given its name to numerous places in Pennsylvania, particularly those located in the Lehigh Valley of the state:

★ Lehigh Canal

★ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

★ Lehigh Crane Iron Company

★ Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania

★ Lehigh Parkway

★ Lehigh Safety Shoe Company

★ Lehigh Street

★ Lehigh Tunnel

★ Lehigh University

★ Little Lehigh Creek, a tributary of Jordan Creek
Several railroads bear the Lehigh name:

★ Lehigh and Hudson River Railway

★ Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad

★ Lehigh and New England Railroad

★ Lehigh Valley Railroad
'Lehigh Station', a fictional Pennsylvania town located somewhere in the Lehigh Valley, appears in the ''North and South'' trilogy by John Jakes. It is said to have been based on Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
'Lehigh' may also refer to:

★ Lehigh, Iowa

★ Lehigh, Kansas

★ Lehigh, Oklahoma

★ Lehigh Acres, Florida

★ USS Lehigh (1863)

★ 691 Lehigh, a minor planet orbiting the Sun

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★ Old spellings of 'Lehigh' lost in translation Frank Wehlan

See also

★ Lehigh Township (disambiguation)

★ Lehigh Valley (disambiguation)