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Byberry is a neighborhood in the far northeast section of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Originally it was incorporated as the Township of Byberry and was the northeasternmost municipality of Philadelphia County before the City and County were consolidated in 1854. Its approximate boundaries are the Poquessing Creek to the ...
Articles concerning municipalities (cities, boroughs, townships, and districts) located in the Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania before their abolition per the Act of Consolidation, 1854. Pages in category "Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854"
Map of Philadelphia County prior to consolidation. The Act of Consolidation, more formally known as the act of February 2, 1854 (P.L. 21, No. 16), is legislation of the Pennsylvania General Assembly that created the consolidated City and County of Philadelphia, expanding the city's territory to the entirety of Philadelphia County and dissolving the other municipal authorities in the county.
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Philadelphia County is the most populous of the 67 counties of Pennsylvania and the 24th-most populous county in the nation.As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,603,797. [1]
By 1854, the City of Philadelphia annexed Byberry Township and in the late 19th century, Byberry Hospital was built. The hospital became the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry in 1906. When the hospital finally closed in the 1990s, its site to the east of Roosevelt Boulevard was divided into two major sections for use as an industrial park ...
The rise of Moreland Township in Philadelphia County was five miles, its greatest length; two miles in width; area, 3,720 acres (15 km 2). One of the principal villages was Smithfield, afterwards called Somerton, [3] which was partly in Moreland and partly in Byberry. In 1784, Montgomery County was created from parts of Philadelphia County, and ...
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