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Fitzwatertown
Fitzwatertown is an unincorporated community located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The community is in Upper Dublin Township, south of Jarrettown, west of Abington, 1.1 miles south of Dreshertown, northeast of Oreland and approximately north of Philadelphia. Fitzwatertown is located at the intersection of Limekiln Pike, Fitzwatertown Road and Jenkintown Road. History Thomas Fitzwater arrived and laid out the road to Abington that became the Limekiln Pike in 1725. Bean's ''History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania'' describes Fitzwatertown as follows: Fitzwatertown is situated in the southern part of the township, on the Limekiln turnpike, in the midst of the fertile valley of Sandy Run, abounding in limestone and iron-ore. This is an old settlement where Thomas Fitzwater followed lime-burning before the summer of 1705 and had a grist-mill erected at an early period. It contains a store hotel, wheel-wright and blacksmith-shop, grist-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 152
Pennsylvania Route 152 (PA 152) is a List of State Routes in Pennsylvania, state highway located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route travels north–south from an interchange with Pennsylvania Route 309, PA 309 located in the Cedarbrook, Pennsylvania, Cedarbrook neighborhood of Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County north to another interchange with PA 309 located northeast of Telford, Pennsylvania, Telford in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County. PA 152 is known as Limekiln Pike for most of its length. From the southern terminus, the route passes through suburban areas to the north of Philadelphia, serving Dresher, Pennsylvania, Dresher, Maple Glen, Pennsylvania, Maple Glen, and Chalfont, Pennsylvania, Chalfont. North of Chalfont, PA 152 runs through rural suburbs of Philadelphia before reaching Silverdale, Pennsylvania, Silverdale. Past here, the road continues northwest to Perkasie, Pennsylvani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Abington Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to Philadelphia's northern fringe. The population was 58,502 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second most populous township in Montgomery County after Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, Lower Merion Township. The population density is 3603.3 per square mile (1,377/km2), making it the second most densely populated township in Montgomery County after Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Cheltenham Township. Abington Township is one of Montgomery County's oldest communities, dating back before 1700 and being incorporated in 1704. It is home to some of the county's oldest transportation routes, industries and churches. Many of these older business and transportation centers were the forerunners of modern Abington. Abington contains the Willow Grove Park Mall, several small businesses, and a few of Montgomery Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Willow Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. A community in Philadelphia's northern suburbs, the population was 13,730 at the 2020 census. It is located in Abington Township and Upper Moreland Township. Willow Grove was once known for Willow Grove Park, an amusement park that was open from 1896 to 1976, now the site of Willow Grove Park Mall. Willow Grove is considered an edge city of Philadelphia, with large amounts of retail and office space. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove was located northwest of the Willow Grove CDP in Horsham Township. NAS JRB Willow Grove transitioned into Horsham Air National Guard Station in September 2011. Willow Grove is located southeast of Allentown and north of Philadelphia. History The place was on the route of an old Lenape trail to New York and developed into a typical colonial crossroads, with inns, stables, blacksmiths, and wheelwright shops. William Penn grante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklinville, Philadelphia
Franklinville is a neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. According to the City Planning Commission, the boundaries of Franklinville are roughly a triangle bounded by West Sedgley Avenue, North Broad Street, and West Hunting Park Avenue. Franklinville or "Franklin" appears on maps though not many residents in the area use the name to describe where they live. It is defined by Hunting Park and Feltonville to the north, Nicetown-Tioga-Rising Sun and Glenwood to the west, Upper Kensington and Feltonville to the east and Fairhill to the south (south of W. Sedgley). Demographics The neighborhood was originally predominantly German and Irish, with many first and second generation emigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, among other regions. Today there is a large Black population, 51 percent, and Hispanic population, 42 percent – many hailing from Puerto Rico – and Filipino families as well. The population was 22,230 in 2022. Its primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresher, Pennsylvania
Dresher (previously Dreshertown) is a community in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 5,610 at the 2000 census. Because Dresher is neither an incorporated area nor a census-designated place, all statistics are for the ZIP Code 19025, with which the community is coterminous. History Dreshertown developed around a sawmill and gristmill built by John Kirk sometime before 1750. George Dresher bought the mill about 1780 and the family owned it for 54 years. The Dreshers began a small burial ground next to their residence. The Dreshertown Cemetery is mostly descendants of Christopher Dresher, an early Schwenkfelder immigrant. The family left Silesia, a province in the German kingdom of Prussia, in 1726 to escape religious persecution as Schwenkfelders. They first landed in England, and in 1734, left Plymouth, England, and arrived in Philadelphia with their children, Christopher and Anna, on the St. Andrews, one of three ships carrying Schw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Moreland Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 24,015 at the 2010 census. Upper Moreland Township is a primarily residential community located about 13 miles outside Center City Philadelphia. It is made up of distinctive neighborhoods that are complemented by several thriving business, industrial, and commercial districts. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. Upper Moreland is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is about north of Center City, Philadelphia. The township is bordered by the Montgomery County communities of Hatboro, Horsham, Upper Dublin, Abington, Bryn Athyn, and Lower Moreland, while Bucks County lies to the north. Demographics At the 2010 census, the township was 85.2% White, 5.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 4.4% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 1.3% were some other race, and 1.9% were two or more ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated association refers to a group of people in common law jurisdictions—such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand—who organize around a shared purpose without forming a corporation or similar legal entity. Unlike in some ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowlandville, Philadelphia
Rowlandville was a North Philadelphia neighborhood along the Tacony Creek near present-day Wyoming Avenue. The name Rowlandville is no longer used; the neighborhood has been absorbed into present-day Juniata Park and Feltonville. It was bounded by Feltonville to the east/northeast, Juniata Park and Golf Course to the south, Greenwood Cemetery and Tacony Creek Park to the north and Frankford to the east. It was formed about where the Wingohocking Creek merges with the Tacony Creek. Fisher's Lane Bridge Fisher's Lane Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge that carries Fisher's Lane west of Ramona Avenue across Tacony Creek in Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is ... still stands near the center of the neighborhood. History Early settlement concentrated about a saw manufacturer here, a paper mill and a wagon-spring manufacturer. Founded in 1732, The Rowland Company was the brainchild of Benj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feltonville, Philadelphia
Feltonville is a working-class neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located east of Logan and Hunting Park, west of Lawncrest and Juniata, south of Olney, and north of Fairhill and Harrowgate. Feltonville is bounded by Erie Avenue to the south, Front Street to the west, Roosevelt Boulevard to the north, Tacony Creek to the northeast, and G Street to the east. It encompasses the extinct neighborhood of Rowlandville. History Feltonville was known ''circa'' 1890 as "Wyoming Villa" or "Wyoming Valley." In 1927, the City of Philadelphia set aside a corner of the recreation field at "B" St. and Wyoming Ave. for the building of the Wyoming Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Completed in 1930, this branch has the distinction of being the last Carnegie library built with funds provided by the noted philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreland, Pennsylvania
Oreland is a United States census-designated place (CDP) in Springfield and Upper Dublin townships, just outside the Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy areas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Oreland has a ZIP code of 19075, and the population was 5,678 at the 2010 census. Geography Oreland is located at (40.114510, -75.179880). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. History Oreland, as part of Springfield Township, was settled as one of William Penn's manors. In 1686, Thomas Fitzwater discovered vast lime deposits on his land in Oreland. He erected a kiln to process it, which by 1693 had attracted the attention of William Penn. Penn ordered a highway built from the port of the Delaware River to the kiln. Named Limekiln Pike, and still in existence today, it was one of the first roads in the area. These lime deposits and the ore deposits also found in the area gave Oreland its name. Mining and farming would domina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
