Martins Creek

The Zip Code is 18063.

• Name — Martins Creek, Pennsylvania • Settlement Type — Census-designated place • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Pennsylvania • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Northampton • Subdivision Type3 — Township • Subdivision Name3 — Lower Mount Bethel • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 2.13 • Area Land Km2 — 2.11 • Area Water Km2 — 0.01 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 664 • Population Density Km2 — 314.19 • Population Metro — 865,310 (US: 68th) • Timezone — Eastern (EST) • Utc Offset — -5 • Timezone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — -4 • Postal Code Type — ZIP Code • Postal Code — 18063 • Area Codes — 610 and 484 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 42-47896 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Area Total Sq Mi — 0.82 • Area Land Sq Mi — 0.82 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.01 • Population Density Sq Mi — 813.73

In approximately 1730, a number of Scotch-Irish settled in a part of the town called Hunter's Settlement. Martin's Creek was first settled by Robert Lyle in 1741, with James Martin arriving around 1747. Martin operated a grist mill, and later served as a colonel in the American Revolution. In 1744, missionary David Brainerd began his work here with the Clistowackin band of Lenape Indians. By the 1800s, the area had developed the name of Flatfield because of its level terrain. By the time of the Civil War, it was known as Martinsville, and later changed to Martin's Creek. In 1939, exiled Russian prime minister Alexander Kerensky married Australian journalist Lydia Ellen Tritton in Martins Creek. In 1942, an explosion at the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. plant in nearby Sandts Eddy killed 31 people. The Hunter-Martin Settlement Museum commemorates the early history of the area. The major industry in the area was as the Alpha Portland Cement Company, which closed in 1964.

• Alexander Kerensky, former president of the Russian Republic in 1917 • Larry Fink, photographer