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At the 2010 census, [7] there were 1,526,006 people, 590,071 households, and 352,272 families residing in the consolidated city-county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The population density was 4,337.3 people/km 2 (11,234 people/sq mi). There were 661,958 housing units at an average density of 1,891.9 units/km 2 (4,900 units/sq mi).
Atlas of the 21st Ward, Philadelphia, Penna., 1929 (upd. 1945) Part of Ward 21 (Plate 32) from Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 1910; Part of Ward 21 (Plate 32) from Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Complete in One Volume, 1901; Part of Ward 21 (Plate 32) from Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 1895; Plan 39 from Baist's Property Atlas of ...
History of Philadelphia. A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and ...
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Philadelphia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. John Van Ness Ingram (1912). "(Philadelphia)". A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. Market Street, Philadelphia: The Most Historic Highway in America, Its Merchants and Its Story. Philadelphia ...
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Delancey Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a series of nine mostly unconnected side streets in the Rittenhouse area of the city between Seventeenth Street and Twenty-sixth Street. It is known for its visual appeal and historical association with the upper class of Philadelphia society. [1] This is especially true of the 1800 and 2000 ...
Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park, a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, and ...
Old Philadelphians, also called Proper Philadelphians[1] or Perennial Philadelphians, [2] are the First Families of Philadelphia, that class of Pennsylvanians who claim hereditary and cultural descent mainly from England, also from Ulster, Wales and even Germany, and who founded the city of Philadelphia. They settled the state of Pennsylvania.