Today's Main Street in Coopersburg was part of an Indian trail more than two hundred years ago. Horses and wagons followed this trail. Stumps of felled trees and the mud in rainy seasons made travel slow and arduous. Travel from the Moravian settlement in Bethlehem to the port of Philadelphia and return took at least five days. German immigrants and supplies for the colonists from Europe came to this port. Exchange goods from Moravian craftsmen were exported from there.By 1740 a log "hotel" and stable appeared, just a days trek out of Bethlehem. A general store and crude homes appeared slowly. In 1790, the first permanent home was built. The settlement grew quickly and in 1840 the settlement was named Coopersburg. By 1879, permanent lines were drawn consisting of a "square mile". It now had the status of a Borough with an elected governing body, the Borough Council.

Following in close order was a reservoir east of the Borough with bountiful amounts of clean spring water, and the fire company in 1904. Then, a lodge hall, which served as the church, the Borough Council headquarters, post office and five lodges to become the social hub of early Coopersburg. This 1850's building stands today at 107 S. Main Street, housing small retail stores and apartments. Permanent hotels to serve stagecoach traffic on the Allentown-Bethlehem turnpike sprang up. Martin Kern's home, 377 Main Street, the Barren House, (present social quarters for the Fire Company) and the Van Ness Hotel (presently Fritzinger's Hotel) at Station Ave. and Main St., all served ladies and gentlemen travelers with "genteelness".

Not to be forgotten, though outside borough limits, is a true landmark, the Saucon Mennonite Church-serving since 1738. Although the present building is the third building on the same foundation, each time it had to be rebuilt the original plan was followed. (The 1738 building was built of crude logs.) It served as church and school. German was the language spoken and the taught-fee was "three to five cents per head per day". This school was built before settlers built permanent shelter for themselves. Here, the white man met with friendly Indians, many becoming Christians and requesting burial at the church. From a one-man Saturday night police officer (who also supervised street repair and water supply problems as well as being the church janitor) to the present Coopersburg Police Force, we cover about 60 years of Borough growth. The first paid, trained, uniformed policeman was hired in 1948. That patrolman was Chief Robert Snyder, who retired after a long dedicated career spanning four decades. The present force of trained men and women with well-equipped patrol cars are connected by radio with a central county emergency dispatch system.