Macada, Pennsylvania

Macada was a former village in Northampton County, Pennsylvania located adjacent to Bethlehem.

The village was initially a loosely defined farming community across the entire northern border of the borough until 1889 when William H. Best opened a general store which became the de-facto village center.

[1] In 1895, William H. Best's general store also operated as a post office.

At the same time, Nazareth Pike was being paved with macadam, so Best named the village Macada.

The lot remained abandoned until 2015 when a pre-school, the Lightbridge Academy, was built on its site.