Lutheran Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor in the city's Central Moravian Church.
Boroughs merge
After the civil war the Borough of South Bethlehem was formed. In 1886 the Borough of West Bethlehem (in Lehigh county) was formed. In 1904, the Boroughs of West Bethlehem (in Lehigh County) and Bethlehem (in Northampton County) merged. In 1917, the Borough of South Bethlehem and Bethlehem merged to become the City of Bethlehem. Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania has remained a separate political entity. Even after the merger of the two boroughs, the bureau initially provided a count for the original sections.
Populations of the Municipalities named Bethlehem
Census All Three
boroughs South
Bethlehem Original
Bethlehem West
Bethlehem Bethlehem &
West Bethlehem Bethlehem
Townshp
1850 ----- 1,516 ----- -----
1860 ----- 2,868 ----- -----
1870 3,556 4,512 ----- 2,230
1880 4,925 5,193 ----- 2,282
1890 19,823 10,302 6,762 2,759 9,521 2,397
1900 23,999 13,241 7,293 3,465 10,758 3,090
1910 32,810 19,973 8,365
