Montgomery County is a

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in the

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. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 73rd-most populous county in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553, representing a 7.1% increase from the 799,884 residents enumerated in the 2010 census. Montgomery County is located adjacent to and northwest of

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. The

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and largest city is Norristown. Montgomery County is geographically diverse, ranging from farms and open land in the extreme north of the county to densely populated suburban neighborhoods in the southern and central portions of the county. Montgomery County is included in the Philadelphia- Camden- Wilmington PA- NJ- DE- MD

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, sometimes expansively known as the

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. The county marks part of the Delaware Valley's northern border with the

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region of Pennsylvania. In 2010, Montgomery County was the 66th-wealthiest county in the country by

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. The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part of

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. The first courthouse was housed in the Barley Sheaf Inn. It is believed to have been named either for

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, an

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general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture

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, or for the

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county of

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, which was named after one of

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's main counselors, Roger de Montgomerie since it was part of the Welsh Tract, an area of Pennsylvania settled by

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from

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. Early histories of the county indicate the origin of the county's name as uncertain.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which was land and (0.9%) was water.

Major roads and highways

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Adjacent counties

* Lehigh County (north) * Bucks County (northeast) *

(southeast) * Delaware County (southwest) *

Chester County Chester County may refer to: * Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States * Chester County, South Carolina, United States * Chester County, Tennessee, United States * Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West Eng ...

(west) * Berks County (northwest)

National protected area

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(part)

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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of 2020, the county was 73.27% White (72.18% White, non-Hispanic), 9.55% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American or Alaskan Native, 7.94% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, and 2.87% some other race; 6.13% were two or more races. 6.36% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The largest townships/boroughs in Montgomery County include:

Politics

As of November 7, 2022, there are 607,044 registered voters in Montgomery County. * Democratic: 304,751 (50.20%) * Republican: 205,398 (33.84%) *

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: 64,759 (10.72%) *

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: 32,136 (5.29%) Historically, Montgomery County was a stronghold for the Republican Party. The county was the only one carried by Barbara Hafer in the 1990 gubernatorial election over the incumbent governor, Bob Casey. However, the Democratic Party has made substantial gains in the county over the last quarter-century and gained the registration edge early in 2008. As in most of Philadelphia's suburbs, the brand of Republicanism practiced in Montgomery County for much of the 20th century was a moderate one. As the national parties have polarized, the county's voters have increasingly supported Democrats at the national level. After voting for the Republican presidential nominee in all but one election from 1952 to 1988,

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's landslide in 1964, Montgomery County residents have voted for the Democratic presidential nominee for the past seven consecutive elections, with the margins progressively increasing between 1992 and 2008 to 21.8%. The Democratic victory margin decreased in 2012 back to 14.3%, but rebounded in 2016 to 21.3%. In 2020's election, the Democratic victory margin grew to 26.2%. Most county-level offices were held by Republicans until after the 2007 election, when Democrats picked up control of five row offices. Democrats have also won several elections in the

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in recent years, including two GOP-leaning State House districts in 2004, the 148th with Mike Gerber and the 153rd with

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. Today, although the county is very Democratic at the national level, at the state and local level, it is not specifically partisan. In the 2004

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election, Republican

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won the county over Montco resident Joe Hoeffel, but Democrat Bob Casey, Jr. out-polled

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in the 2006 Senate election. In 2006, Democrat Rick Taylor unseated incumbent Republican Eugene McGill in the 151st (although Taylor lost in 2010 to Republican Todd Stephens) and, in 2008, Democrat Matthew Bradford unseated incumbent Republican Jay Moyer in the 70th. Six of the county's 12 state house seats and four of the county's eight senate seats are now held by Democrats. All four statewide Democratic candidates carried Montgomery in 2008, with

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receiving 60% of the county's vote.

won Montgomery County in 2008 and 2012. Despite Donald Trump's victory in the state of Pennsylvania in the 2016 election, Montgomery County was one of the few counties in Pennsylvania which swung in the Democratic presidential candidates' direction with Hillary Clinton winning Montgomery County with 58.87% of the vote, an improvement from Barack Obama's 56.6% vote share in 2012. In the 2016 U.S. Senate elections as well as the Pennsylvania Attorney General elections, Montgomery County voted for Katie McGinty and Josh Shapiro, both Democrats. In 2020, Joe Biden received over 60% of the vote in Montgomery County, the first Democrat to do so in the county's history.

Government

Montgomery County is governed by a three-person

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. The current composition is two Democrats and one Republican. By law, the county commission must have one member of a minority party represented.

County commissioners

County row offices

''As of the November 2019 election:''

Same-sex marriage

On July 24, 2013, Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes, a Democrat, announced he would begin issuing

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s to same-sex couples, flouting Pennsylvania law banning such unions. Hanes called the commonwealth's ban "arbitrary and suspect", saying he believes it violates the Pennsylvania Constitution and the

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. The Republican administration of Governor Tom Corbett filed suit in the

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in an attempt to block Hanes from licensing same-sex marriage. Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini ordered Hanes in September 2013 to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses. After Federal Judge John Jones threw out Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage in May 2014, calling it unconstitutional, offices in other counties were able to issue these licenses, while Hanes had to wait for the ruling against him to be removed.

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

State Senate

State House of Representatives

Economy

Montgomery County is a suburb of

, the nation's sixth most populous city, and many of its residents work in the city. However, Montco is also a major employment center with large business parks in Blue Bell, Lansdale, Fort Washington,

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, and

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which attract thousands of workers from all over the region. The strong job base and taxes generated by those jobs have resulted in Montgomery County receiving the highest credit rating of 'AAA' from

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, one of fewer than 30 counties in the United States with such a rating. In 2012, Moody's downgraded the general obligation rating to Aa1, and in 2018 the rating was revised back to Aaa. Major employers include: *

Abington School District Abington School District is a medium-sized, suburban, public school district that serves the borough of Rockledge and Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The district operates one high school, one middle school, and seven ele ...

* ABM Industries * ACTS Retirement-Life Communities * Aetna * Arcadia University * Giant *

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* Hatfield Quality Meats * Hatboro-Horsham School District *Holy Redeemer Health System * Janssen *

Jefferson Abington Hospital Jefferson Abington Hospital is the flagship hospital of Jefferson Health–Abington (part of Jefferson Health), located in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia. The hospital was formerly know ...

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Lower Merion School District Lower Merion School District, or LMSD, is a public school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The school district includes residents of both Lower Merion Township and the Borough of Narberth. Established in ...

* King of Prussia mall *Main Line Health * McNeil Consumer Healthcare * Merck * Montgomery County Community College *

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Norristown Area School District Norristown Area School District is a school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district serves the borough of Norristown, East Norriton Township, and West Norriton Township municipalities in central Montgomery Coun ...

North Penn School District The North Penn School District (NPSD) is a large, suburban, regional public school district that consists of thirteen elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school. It serves the North Penn Valley, a area in the Montgomery Count ...

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* Prudential * Quaker Chemical * Quest Diagnostics *

SEI Investments Company SEI Investments Company, formerly Simulated Environments Inc, is a financial services company headquartered in Oaks, Pennsylvania, United States. The company describes itself as "a global provider of investment processing, investment management, ...

* Souderton Area School District *

Spring-Ford Area School District The Spring-Ford Area School District is a K-12 school district based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, which expands into Chester County. The District is made up of Limerick Township and Upper Providence Township, along with ...

Education

Colleges and universities

* Arcadia University *

Bryn Athyn College Bryn Athyn College is a Private college, private Christian college in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the General Church of the New Jerusalem. History Bryn Athyn College started educating undergraduates after its incorporation u ...

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

* DeVry University – Fort Washington *

Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Mercy University (GMercyU) is a private Roman Catholic university in Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania. It occupies a campus in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Gwynedd Mercy University was founded in 1948, as Gwynedd-Mercy Colleg ...

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducationa ...

Manor College Manor College is a private Catholic college in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. It offers associate and bachelor's degrees and is best known for its veterinary technician and dental hygiene programs. To give students a hands-on learning experience, t ...

* Montgomery County Community College *

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(Salus University) * Penn State Abington – a commonwealth campus of

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Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
* Rosemont College *

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania that is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the Philadelphia region, the school ...

Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh olde ...

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then calle ...

– Ambler *

Ursinus College Ursinus College is a private liberal arts college in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869 and occupies a 170-acre campus. History 19th century In 1867, members of the German Reformed Church began plans to establish a college wh ...

* Westminster Theological Seminary

Public school districts

School district: *

Boyertown Area School District The Boyertown Area School District is a large public school district which covers portions of Berks and Montgomery Counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. When the Boyertown Area School District was formed in 1953 it was one of the largest in the ...

Cheltenham Township School District The Cheltenham Township School District is a public school district serving Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The District encompasses approximately . ...

* Colonial School District * Hatboro-Horsham School District *

Jenkintown School District The Jenkintown School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district serves the borough of Jenkintown, a suburb of about 4,500 people that is three miles from Philadelphia. Schools The district f ...

* Lower Moreland Township School District *

Methacton School District Methacton School District (MSD) is a public school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is headquartered in the Farina Education Center in Worcester Township.Norristown Area School District Norristown Area School District is a school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district serves the borough of Norristown, East Norriton Township, and West Norriton Township municipalities in central Montgomery Coun ...

Perkiomen Valley School District The Perkiomen Valley School District (PVSD) is a school district based in central Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (US). It serves the boroughs of Collegeville, Trappe, and Schwenksville, and the townships of Lower Frederick, Perkiomen, an ...

Pottsgrove School District Pottsgrove School District is a school district headquartered in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a count ...

* Pottstown School District * Souderton Area School District *

Springfield Township School District Springfield Township School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The district serves parts of Springfield Township, including Oreland, Flourtown, Erdenheim, and Wyndmoor. Schools * Sp ...

Upper Dublin School District Upper Dublin School District is located in Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Overview The school dist ...

Upper Merion Area School District The Upper Merion Area School District provides education to Upper Merion Township, Bridgeport, and West Conshohocken in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It consists of seven schools. Schools * Upper Merion Area High School (grades 9-12) *Upper ...

* Upper Moreland School District *

Upper Perkiomen School District Upper Perkiomen School District is located in the northern corner of Montgomery County and the eastern corner of Berks County in Pennsylvania. The district comprises the townships of Upper Hanover and Marlborough and the boroughs of East Gr ...

Wissahickon School District The Wissahickon School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district serves the borough of Ambler, and the townships of Lower Gwynedd and Whitpain, all Philadelphia suburbs. The district curren ...

Bryn Athyn School District The Bryn Athyn School District is a public school district in Montgomery County. While it is designed to serve residents of the small Philadelphia suburb of Bryn Athyn, it has never contained a school. 90% of students in the affluent and highly ...

– exists as an entity, but does not operate any schools. Public school students attend class in neighboring districts.

Private secondary schools

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* Academy Of The New Church Girls School * Abington Friends School *

The Baldwin School The Baldwin School (simply referred to as Baldwin School or Baldwin) is a private school for girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin. The school occupies a 19th-century resort hotel designed by ...

* AIM Academy *

Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy is a coeducational college-preparatory and religiously pluralistic Jewish day school for grades 6 through 12, located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded in Center City, Philadelphia in 1946 as Akiba Hebrew Acad ...

, formerly known as the Akiba Hebrew Academy * Bishop McDevitt High School * Calvary Baptist School * Coventry Christian Schools *

Dock Mennonite Academy Dock Mennonite Academy, formerly known as Christopher Dock Mennonite High School and Penn View Christian School is a private school in Montgomery County that is affiliated with the Franconia Mennonite Conference and the Eastern District Conferenc ...

* Friends' Central School *

Germantown Academy Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of prominent Germantown citizens in the Gree ...

Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Background Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School was established ...

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* The Hill School * Huntingdon Valley Christian Academy *

Indian Creek Mennonite School Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

* Lakeside School *

Lansdale Catholic High School Lansdale Catholic High School is a secondary school that is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States. History The school opened in September 1949 as Little Flower Catholic High ...

* La Salle College High School * Lincoln Academy * Main Line Academy * Martin Luther School *Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School * Meadowbrook School * Merion Mercy Academy * Mount Saint Joseph Academy * New Life Youth & Family Svcs * The Pathway School *

The Perkiomen School , motto_translation = It is solved by living , address = 200 Seminary St , location = , region = , city = Pennsburg , county = Montgomery , state ...

Phil-Mont Christian Academy
* Pope John Paul II Catholic High School, replaced Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School and Saint Pius X High School in 2010. *

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* Saint Aloysius School * Saint Basil Academy * Saint Katherine Day School * Stowe Lighthouse Christ Academy *

The Shipley School , motto_translation = Courage for the deed; Grace for the doing , address = 814 Yarrow Street , location = , region = , city = Bryn Mawr , county = , st ...

* Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia * Trinity Christian Academy * Valley Forge Baptist Academy * Wordsworth Academy *

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Night schools/adult education

*Abington Township Adult School *Cheltenham Township Adult School

Communities

Map of Montgomery County Pennsylvania With Municipal and Township Labels

Under Pennsylvania law, five types of incorporated municipalities are listed:

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, townships, home rule municipalities (which can include communities that bear the name "Borough" or "Township") and, in at most two cases,

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. These boroughs, townships, and home rule municipalities are located in Montgomery County:

Home rule municipalities

* Bryn Athyn (official name remains "Borough of Bryn Athyn") *

Cheltenham Township Cheltenham Township is a home rule township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cheltenham's population density ranges from over 10,000 per square mile (25,900 per square kilometer) in rowhouses and high-rise apartments along Chel ...

* Horsham Township * Norristown (county seat) * Plymouth Township * Whitemarsh Township

Boroughs

* Ambler *

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* Bryn Athyn * Collegeville * Conshohocken * East Greenville * Green Lane * Hatboro * Hatfield *

Jenkintown Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Center City Philadelphia. History The community was named for William Jenkins, a Welsh pioneer settler. Jenkintown is located just ...

* Lansdale * Narberth * Norristown *

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* Pennsburg * Pottstown * Red Hill * Rockledge *

Royersford Royersford is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill River. History The town drew its name from the location of a ford across the Schuylkill River, which happened to be adjace ...

* Schwenksville * Souderton * Telford (lies partly in Bucks County) * Trappe *

West Conshohocken West Conshohocken is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2010 census. Its sister community is Conshohocken, located across the Schuylkill River. Montgomery County's seat, Norristown, is l ...

Townships

* Abington *

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* Douglass * East Norriton *

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* Hatfield *

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2 ...

* Lower Frederick * Lower Gwynedd *

Lower Merion Lower Merion Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Philadelphia Main Line. The township's name originates with the county of Merionethshire, Merionet ...

* Lower Moreland * Lower Pottsgrove * Lower Providence * Lower Salford * Marlborough * Montgomery * New Hanover * Perkiomen *

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to ...

* Salford * Skippack * Springfield *

Towamencin Towamencin Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,578 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Penn School District and the Nort ...

* Upper Dublin * Upper Frederick * Upper Gwynedd * Upper Hanover * Upper Merion * Upper Moreland * Upper Pottsgrove * Upper Providence * Upper Salford *

West Norriton West Norriton Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Norristown Area School District. The population of the township was 15,663 at the 2010 census. History On March 9, 1909, Norriton Town ...

* West Pottsgrove * Whitemarsh * Whitpain *

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...

Census-designated places

Census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

s are geographical areas designated by the

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for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here, as well. * Arcadia University * Ardmore * Audubon * Blue Bell * Bryn Mawr * Eagleville * Evansburg * Flourtown * Fort Washington * Gilbertsville * Glenside * Halfway House * Harleysville *

Kulpsville Kulpsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvanias. The population was 8,194 at the 2010 census. It is located in Towamencin Township, which is part of the North Penn Valley region that is centered around the bor ...

* Maple Glen * Montgomeryville * Oreland * Penn Wynne * Plymouth Meeting * Pottsgrove * Sanatoga * Skippack *

Spring House A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fallen leaves, animals, etc., the enclosing stru ...

* Spring Mount * Stowe * Trooper * Willow Grove * Woxall * Wyncote * Wyndmoor Even though the historic village of Valley Forge, as well as the park, are partially located within Montgomery County, the modern village is in Chester County, PA

Unincorporated communities

* Ardsley * Bala Cynwyd * Bethayres * Dresher *

Elkins Park Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the northern suburbs outside of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly from Cente ...

* Frederick, a village in New Hanover Township. * Graterford * Gladwyne *

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, an ...

* Gwynedd Valley *

Huntingdon Valley Huntingdon Valley is a village, as well as a suburban mailing address located in Lower Moreland Township, Upper Moreland Township and Abington Township all in Montgomery County, and in small sections of Upper Southampton Township and Lower ...

(small sections in Bucks County) * Lafayette Hill * Lederach * Linfield * Meadowbrook * Melrose Park * Merion Station * Mont Clare * Oaks * Port Providence * Rosemont * Villanova (partly in Delaware County) * Wynnewood (partly in Delaware County)

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Montgomery County. † ''county seat''

Culture

The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP), founded in 1955 by Glenn Doman and Carl Delacato, provide literature on and teaches a controversial patterning therapy (motor learning), which the Institutes promote as improving the "n ...

(IAHP), a

nonprofit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

organization founded by Glenn Doman, was established in Wyndmoor in 1955. The IAHP is an educational organization that teaches parents about child brain development, and is a treatment center for brain-injured children. *The

Old York Road Symphony The Old York Road Symphony is an American orchestra based in Abington, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest all-volunteer orchestras in the country. The orchestra was founded in 1932 by Stanley Chute of the theater orchestra of the Old York Ro ...

, based in Abington, is one of the oldest all-volunteer orchestras in the country, founded in 1932.

Climate

The county has a hot-summer

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(''Dfa'') except in some lowland areas very close to Philadelphia where it is humid subtropical (''Cfa''). The

hardiness zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most wide ...

s are 6b and 7a.

References

External links

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Valley Forge & Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau
{{Coord, 40.21, -75.37, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-PA_source:UScensus1990 1784 establishments in Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1784