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It is an area that consists of the now defunct township that was called "Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". The section is often included as part of North Philadelphia by city government agencies, [ 14 ] though locally it is often referred to as "Uptown", along with the Germantown-Chestnut Hill section.
Area code Additional overlay codes Parent of area code splits Location 215 [a] [b] 267, 445: Philadelphia and its immediately surrounding areas in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania 223: 717 [b] 267: 215 [b], 445: 272: 570 [b] 412 [a] [b] 878: Pittsburgh and its immediately surrounding areas in Allegheny County: 445: 215 [b], 267: 484: 610 [b ...
Folsom is located in northern Ridley Township at (39.891978, -75.326231 It is bordered to the northwest by the borough of Swarthmore, to the north by Springfield Township and the borough of Rutledge, to the east by Pennsylvania Route 420, to the southeast by the borough of Prospect Park, to the south by the borough of Ridley Park, and to the southwest by Woodlyn in Ridley Township.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Location map of Philadelphia County name Philadelphia County border coordinates 40.138 -75.285 ←↕→ -74.948 39.865 map center
Somerton was named for Jacob Sommer, whose family lived in the area for four generations. The Somerton name appeared as the name of the local post office in 1830, [3] though some maps in the 1840s continued to show the place name as "Smithfield or Somerton". [4] [5] By the 1850s, maps showed the area solely as Somerton. [6]
Oxford Circle, along with Castor Gardens, Mayfair, and Tacony, was originally part of Oxford Township and was one of the early suburbs of Philadelphia. [3] The area, which included waterways such as the Tacony Creek and Wissinoming Creek, had been mostly utilized for farming up until the time that the land was sold off to developers just prior to World War II. [4]
Holme Circle is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is located in the loop of Pennypack Creek at Holme Avenue and Welsh Road. [1]The area is generally composed of two-story, twin homes north of the Holme Circle (Walnut Hill, Axe Factory and Manchester Streets—built 1959–1964), one-story twins southeast of the Circle (Colfax, Draper and Albion Streets ...
Glenwood is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is located in the vicinity of North Philadelphia Station to West York Street. [1]In 1988, two residents of the 3100 block of Percy Street, Reverend Clarence Hester, a Baptist minister and activist, and Carrie Hartsfield, an insurance worker who retired, cofounded the Glenwood Community Development Corporation in ...