Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania
Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
610 and 484 | |
GNIS feature ID | 1181604[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
- ^ "Moselem Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ISBN 978-1103149223, p. 74
- ISBN 1104253518, p. 205. “The Delaware” that Zeisberger translated was Minsi-Len’api.
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