Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°29′08″N 75°50′19″W / 40.48556°N 75.83861°W / 40.48556; -75.83861
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Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1181604[1]

Moselem Springs is an

U.S. Highway 222 in Richmond Township
.

Buildings in the area include the Richmond Township Municipal Building, Lehigh Valley Health Network's Health Center at Moselem Springs in a historic inn constructed circa 1852, and the former Richmond Elementary School. The place name comes from the Unami-Len'api term Masch'il'am'ek, which means "trout."[2] In Minsi-Len'api "trout" is Mesch'ila'meek.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Moselem Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. , p. 74
  3. , p. 205. “The Delaware” that Zeisberger translated was Minsi-Len’api.

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