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Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...
Washington Square West is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The neighborhood roughly corresponds to the area between 7th and Broad Streets and between Chestnut and South Streets, bordering on the Independence Mall tourist area directly northeast, Market East to the north, Old City and Society Hill to the East, Bella Vista directly south, Hawthorne to the ...
Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Southwark District prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 Coordinates: 39°56′16″N 75°08′52″W / 39.93778°N 75.14778°W / 39.93778; -75
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.. Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. [1] According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.
Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch (opened 1912, now Philadelphia Overseas Chinese Association), [17] 1108 S 5th Street. Vare-Washington School, National Register of Historic Places (added 1986), [18] 1198 S. 5th Street. Places of worship: Mount Moriah Temple Baptist Church, 410 Wharton Street.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Philadelphia County has a total area of 143 square miles (370 km 2), of which 134 square miles (350 km 2) is land and 8.6 square miles (22 km 2) (6.0%) is water. [5] It is the second-smallest county in Pennsylvania by area.
Northern Liberties is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is north of Center City along the Delaware River.Prior to its incorporation into Philadelphia in 1854, it was among the top 10 largest cities in the U.S. in every census from 1790 to 1840, and 11th in 1850.
Walther, Rudolph J. Happenings in Ye Olde Philadelphia 1680-1900 (Philadelphia, PA: Walther Printing House, 1925) Craig, Peter Stebbins Olof Persson Stille and his Family (Philadelphia, PA: Swedish Colonial News. Volume 1, Number 16. Fall 1997)