I am pleased to inform you and the Coplay Borough Council that the Digital Archives and Special Collections at Lehigh University has completed the online posting of the 27 editions of Coplay Echoes. As you may know, the Coplay community came together with this publication to support the men and women in the Armed Forces who were serving around the world during the war. Coplay Echoes is a fascinating window into the genuine, personal and heartfelt connection between Coplayites and its sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters during that uncertain time. I received the almost complete collection of Coplay Echoes years ago from my father, a U.S. Navy WWII veteran. (The Coplay Library provided the one volume I was missing from their holdings and graciously added it to the collection.) Recently I felt that this unique publication was of considerable importance to the current generation of Coplayites whose parents, grandparents, and relatives served in that war. I began contacting historical societies at the state and local level to determine if they would be able to digitize these historic publications. With great excitement Lehigh University’s Special Collections agreed to archive the physical copies of Coplay Echoes and also digitize them for posting on their website. That effort is now complete and all Coplay Echoes are available for viewing at: https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/local-history/coplay-echoes Growing up in Coplay from 1952 to 1970, and like many of its citizens, I have a special place in my heart for what this town embodies and how it has shaped my life. After a full Army career and many moves, my wife and I now reside in Williamsburg, Virginia. With my sincere best wishes to you and all citizens of Coplay, Pennsylvania.
Carl Kropf
Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)
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Coplay Echoes

Coplay Pool will close on August 17th for the 2024 Season

Hours are Tuesday-Sunday 12-7pm / closed on Mondays

All rental facilites can be booked as of January of the next year!


Available for rent April through October.
Saylor Park Pavilion Rate
Resident $150.00
Non-Resident $200.00


Available Year round
Social Hall Rental Rate
Resident $200.00
Non Resident $250.00

New 25 Gallon Recycle bins with lids are in If you are in need, Starting March 1st they will be $15.00, please stop by the Borough office during Business hours M-F 8:00-3:30PM

TRASH/RECYCLING/YARDWASTE/METAL Metal is always 3rd Thursday of the Month
**No shredded paper or stytofoam in recycling
GARBAGE CANS in excess of 35 gallons will NOT be collected. You must call borough office at 610-262-6088 to schedule pick up of larger items (sofas, mattresses, etc.) on regularly scheduled garbage days, limit of two per year at no charge Please have your cans out before 7AM for both garbage and recycling and they must be placed on the edge of the property or curb, we can not go on your property.
We cannot return to your residence a second time. Also, please try to put lids or weights on cans if possible (especially when it’s windy!) to try and keep OUR town clean.

A per Borough code, all garbage bags must be placed in cans, especially with the upcoming winter. Flying animals and rodents will get in your garbage and tear it apart and spread it around.Lets keep our Little Borough Clean.

Agendas for Workshop, Regular & Park & Recreation Meetings will be posted under forms and documents no lesss than 24 hours before scheduled meeting.

Escape the great indoors – Join Cub Scouts K-5th grade
Pack 32 Whitehall/Coplay
Cubspack32@gmail.com

IT’S THE LAW: NO ELECTRONICS IN THE TRASH!
It became illegal in 2013 under the PA Act 108 of 2010, for any individual to dispose of electronic waste in any other
way except to recycle it. You may take your electronics to the following location.
DRC Technologies, 2005 Main Street, Northampton, PA 18067
- Call 610-502-0854 for acceptable materials list and fees - Appointment Only!

Welcome To Coplay Borough

The Borough of Coplay is situated along the Lehigh River, about 5 miles north of Allentown. It is part of the 400 acres of land John Jacob Schreiber bought from the William Penn heirs in 1740. For a long time it was known as Schreibers. Later it was known as the Lehigh Valley, because of the Lehigh Valley Iron Furnaces that were located here. Lehigh Valley was then changed to Coplay. This name came from "Kolapechka". The son of the Indian chief, Paxanosa, who lived at the head of the creek near Schnecksville. The Borough of Coplay was formed out of a part of Whitehall Township in 1869 and was incorporated as a borough on April 7th, 1869.

Gradually Coplay changed from a farming area into an Industrial Community. The Thomas Iron Company started the change. They brought in workers and built homes for them. When the Iron Company was liquidated, other industries gradually came to Coplay; the Cement Mill, the Silk Mill, the Cigar Factory and Knitting Mill.

Coplay became a "melting pot" of many nationalities. The Pennsylvania Dutch and Germans, who were the agricultural element. Due to growth of the Iron Industry, immigrants from Ireland came. Then, in the early nineteen hundreds, the Cement Mills attracted immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Ukrainian Countries. It was thus that our town had its early beginnings.