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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]
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania is divided into 1,546 townships, located in 66 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. For listings of townships in individual counties, see the category Townships in Pennsylvania by county
Philadelphia County is unique in Pennsylvania in that it is a consolidated city-county, and so while the county is technically not governed by a home rule charter (and is therefore not included on the list), the fact that Philadelphia City (which constitutes the same land area as and administers all the governmental affairs of Philadelphia ...
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 ...
The following is a list of the 70 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum.
Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854 By Rudolph J. Walther - excerpted from the book at the ushistory.org website; Ellet, Charles, Jr. Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843. Dripps, M. Map of the Township of Oxford, Boroughs of Frankford and Bridesburg, 1849.
Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Roxborough Township prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 Coordinates: 40°02′49″N 75°14′28″W / 40.04694°N 75.24111°W / 40.04694; -75
The township contained no other settlements of any size except Maylandville. It was traversed principally by the Darby Road and the road to Lazaretto. Its greatest length, 5 miles (8.0 km); greatest breadth, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km); area, 6,800 acres (28 km 2). This was the oldest settled portion of the county of Philadelphia.