Friedensville, Pennsylvania

Friedensville is an unincorporated community which is located in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It 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.

The community's name is derived from the Friedenskirche, "Church of peace". Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.

History
Friedensville Zinc Mines, founded in 1845, were an important operation in Friedensville. Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, around 1830.

In 1881, Franklin Osgood purchased the Lehigh Zinc Company’s mines and formed the Friedensville Zinc Company. He built a zinc oxide plant and zinc smelter in Friedensville.