Alburtis is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The borough’s population was 2,596 as of the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Allentown, the third largest city in Pennsylvania. It is share of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropolitan Place in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total Place of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km), all land. The Alburtis ZIP code (18011) comprises two remove areas stretching from south of Trexlertown capably into District township of adjacent to Berks County. Alburtis has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) and is in hardiness zone 6b. Average monthly temperatures range from 29.1°F in January to 73.6°F in July.

The Borough of Alburtis was incorporated upon May 9, 1913 by the join up of two villages, Alburtis and Lock Ridge, both of which were decided in the mid-1800s. Alburtis was named for Edward K. Alburtis, a civil engineer involved in the construction of the East Pennsylvania Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. When a railroad station was acknowledged in the village in 1859, the railroad’s board of directors named it in his honor.

A tract neighboring Alburtis was purchased by the Lockridge Iron Company for the construction of iron furnaces in the late 1860s. This area, which grew into a surgically remove village, became known as Lock Ridge Park. The Thomas Iron Company and George F. Schlicher Hotel, both in Alburtis, are listed upon the National Register of Historic Places.