Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Egypt, PA

Egypt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, about 7 miles north of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley.

Egypt was settled as early as 1733, making it one of the oldest communities in eastern Pennsylvania and the first settlement in the state north of South Mountain.

Egypt got its biblical name because its soil proved so fertile: neighboring Pennsylvania German settlers called their own poor farmland 'Alle mängel,' meaning 'all deficiencies,' while this spot recalled ancient Egypt, the granary of the world.

The Reformed Congregation of Egypt Church was established in 1734, and a log church was erected in 1764.

The Egypt church cemetery holds the graves of 25 veterans of the American Revolutionary War, 15 veterans of the War of 1812, and nine veterans of the Civil War.

The Troxell-Steckel House, built in Egypt in 1756, is one of the oldest buildings in Lehigh County and is now operated as a museum by the Lehigh County Historical Society.

Fort Deshler, a French and Indian War frontier fort built in 1760 to protect settlers, stood near the present intersection of Route 145 and Chestnut Street until about 1940.

Egypt became a center of the Lehigh Valley cement industry, and in 1884 the American Improved Cements Company shipped its first load of cement from the Egypt Mills plant over the Ironton Railroad.

Giant Portland Cement later operated seven mills in and around Egypt with an annual capacity of 2.1 million barrels, and cement made in Egypt's mills was used in building parts of the New York City subway.

On June 2, 1947, the Philadelphia Phillies played an exhibition game at Egypt Park to scout 17-year-old Whitehall High School pitcher Curt Simmons of Egypt; the game ended in a 4-4 tie called for darkness, and Simmons went on to pitch in the major leagues.