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| | History of Bethlehem |
 | | As the Moravian Brethren in their new settlement, Bethlehem, desired, as far as practicable, to observe a policy of non-intercourse with people of other religious denominations, they decided to purchase land on this side of the river in order to exclude undesirable neighbors. |
 | | Brodhead discarding both the town names, Augusta and Wetherill, and designating his lands as in "the southern addition of Bethlehem." It was about this time that the new town was given its third name, Bethlehem South, by which it was known until after 1865. |
 | | The population at the time of incorporation is not known, but that the increase in numbers was remarkably rapid may be inferred from the fact that the census returns of 1870 shows a population here of 3,556. |
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