Allentown, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Allentown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32570. The Survey maps it on the Allentown quadrangle. 1,023 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresAllentown grew from 894 to 1,023 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 894 | |
| 2020 | 1,023 | +129 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Jay quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Allentown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Allentown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Allentown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 803 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NORTH HWY. 89 (57) |
| 16 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | UP THE CREEK (57) |
| 5 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Allentown: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Pensacola - Clear Creek Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Red Bug Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposits | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allentown in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Lightning | Allentown | 1 killed | A lightning strike killed a 71 year old man while he was out in a field picking blueberries. |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Allentown | 1 hurt | A male was outside when he was hit by lightning. No information about how or exactly where he was at when the strike occurred was known. He was taken to a local hospital, examined and later released. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $57,000 | High winds knocked over several trees. A silo was badly damaged with debris crossing HWY 89 near Allentown. A porch to a house also sustained wind damage. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $33,000 | Thunderstorms produced gusty winds that damaged metal buildings in Allentown. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $18,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $7,000 | High winds from thunderstorms blew a roof off a shed and also blew down several trees near Allentown. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees across a road. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | - | Significant straight line wind damage on State Hwy 87 where multiple wooden power poles were snapped. Metal roofing from a small barn was also lifted and blown between 100-200 yards. Debris and damage all laying in the same direction. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Allentown | - | A new EF-U tornado has been discovered via high resolution Planet satellite imagery from the May 10th tornado event. A radar tornado debris signature was present which necessitated the review of available satellite imagery to confirm the existence of this tornado. The tornado began east of Paul Barnes Road and solely remained in dense forest, tracking southeast of three quarters of a mile. The tornado lifted midway between Paul Barnes Road and Three Notch Trail. Once higher resolution imagery becomes available, the tornado intensity may be able to be assessed.||This survey was able to be completed with the assistance of NASA SPoRT, NASAMSFC, NASA CSDA and the NASA Disasters Program providing high resolution Planet satellite imagery. Without the availability of this remote sensing imagery, the true path length, width, and track of this tornado would not have been able to be determined. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | - | High winds downed trees and powerlines on Penton Road. |
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Allentown | - | Heavy rain caused water over the roadway near the 3900 block of CR 182. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allentown | - | High winds downed multiple trees and damaged greenhouses. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Allentown | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Allentown | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Allentown | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Baker | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Roeville | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Ford | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Whitfield | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Milton | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cobbtown | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wallace | 9.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Allentown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5669280 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294649. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






