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| Coordinates:40°05′46″N75°07′34″W / 40.096°N 75.126°W /40.096; -75.126 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Incorporated | December 8, 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • Mayor | Gabriel Lerman |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2) |
| • Land | 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 322 ft (98 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,719 |
| • Density | 8,046.8/sq mi (3,106.87/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 19046 |
| Area codes | 215, 267 and 445 |
| FIPS code | 42-38000 |
| Website | jenkintownboro |
Jenkintown is aborough inMontgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately 10 mi (16 km) north ofCenter City Philadelphia.
The community was named for William Jenkins, a Welsh pioneer settler.[3]
The borough was settled in about 1697 and incorporated on December 8, 1874, when approximately 248 acres (1.00 km2) was taken from Abington Township. Today, the Borough is approximately 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) and is home to 4,500 residents.
Elements of the British army passed through Jenkintown en route to theBattle of White Marsh in early December 1777.
From the mid-1950s until the early 1980s, Jenkintown was a major retail hub for the northern suburbs of Philadelphia.[4]
Jenkintown is located just outside Philadelphia along theRoute 611 corridor betweenAbington andCheltenham Townships.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all land. Jenkintown is surrounded by Abington Township to the north, west, and east, and bordersCheltenham Township to the south.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1880 | 810 | — | |
| 1890 | 1,609 | 98.6% | |
| 1900 | 2,091 | 30.0% | |
| 1910 | 2,968 | 41.9% | |
| 1920 | 3,366 | 13.4% | |
| 1930 | 4,797 | 42.5% | |
| 1940 | 5,024 | 4.7% | |
| 1950 | 5,130 | 2.1% | |
| 1960 | 5,017 | −2.2% | |
| 1970 | 5,404 | 7.7% | |
| 1980 | 4,942 | −8.5% | |
| 1990 | 4,574 | −7.4% | |
| 2000 | 4,478 | −2.1% | |
| 2010 | 4,422 | −1.3% | |
| 2020 | 4,719 | 6.7% | |
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As of the 2010 census, the borough was 87.5% White, 5.7% Black or African American, 2.0% Asian, and 1.8% were two or more races. 3.0% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.[6]
As of thecensus[7] of 2000, there were 4,478 people, 2,035 households, and 1,088 families residing in the borough. The population density was 7,844.0 inhabitants per square mile (3,028.6/km2). There were 2,085 housing units at an average density of 3,652.2 per square mile (1,410.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 93.61%White, 4.00%African American, 0.04%Native American, 0.94%Asian, 0.02%Pacific Islander, 0.49% fromother races, and 0.89% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino people of any race were 1.30% of the population.
There were 2,035 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% weremarried couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.5% were non-families. 40.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 3.08.
The age distribution of the borough's population is 22.9% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.2 males.
Themedian income for a household in the borough was $47,743, and the median income for a family was $72,902. Males had a median income of $41,970 versus $35,625 for females. Theper capita income for the borough was $29,834. About 1.9% of families and 5.1% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
TheJenkins' Town Lyceum Building,Jenkintown-Wyncote station, andStrawbridge and Clothier Store are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[8]
WPHI-FM (103.9), the FM simulcast ofall news radio stationKYW (1060) in Philadelphia, islicensed to Jenkintown and does regularly cover events in the community.
| Year | Republican | Democratic |
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| 2020 | 19.7%619 | 79.1%2,481 |
| 2016 | 20.6%563 | 74.9%2,052 |
| 2012 | 27.1%724 | 71.4%1,905 |
| 2008 | 25.1%708 | 73.8%2,079 |
| 2004 | 28.6%832 | 71.0%2,068 |
| 2000 | 29.9%791 | 65.7%1,734 |
Jenkintown has acity manager form of government with amayor and a twelve-member borough council. The current mayor is Gabriel Lerman. Jay Conners is the president of the borough council, and Christian Soltysiak is vice president.
The borough is part of theFourth Congressional District, represented byMadeleine Dean. At the state level, Jenkintown is part of thePennsylvania's 154th Representative District, represented byNapoleon Nelson, and the4th Senatorial District, represented byArthur L. Haywood III. All areDemocrats. Jenkintown, like its surroundings ofAbington andCheltenham and their included towns, votes overwhelmingly Democratic.
TheJenkintown School District includes Jenkintown Elementary School and Jenkintown Middle/High School. The district has an enrollment of over 700 students.[10]
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As of 2017 there were 12.30 miles (19.79 km) of public roads in Jenkintown, of which 1.50 miles (2.41 km) were maintained by thePennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 10.80 miles (17.38 km) were maintained by the borough.[11]
PA Route 611 heads north–south through Jenkintown alongOld York Road, heading south toPhiladelphia and north toWillow Grove, where it has an interchange with thePennsylvania Turnpike andDoylestown.PA Route 73 passes east–west along the southern edge of Jenkintown along Washington Lane and Township Line Road, heading west toWyncote and east toNortheast Philadelphia. Greenwood Avenue runs east–west through the center of Jenkintown, heading west to Wyncote.[12]
TheJenkintown-Wyncote station is one ofSEPTA's majorRegional Rail stops; theLansdale/Doylestown Line,Warminster Line, andWest Trenton Line regional rail services all stop there.[13] Jenkintown-Wyncote station is the busiest SEPTA Regional Rail station outside the city of Philadelphia.[14] The Jenkintown-Wyncote station building with its Queen Anne-style architecture was designed by famous Philadelphia architectHorace Trumbauer. SEPTA providesCity Bus service to Jenkintown alongRoute 55, which follows PA 611 south toOlney Transportation Center inNorth Philadelphia and north to Willow Grove and Doylestown, andRoute 77, which heads west to theChestnut Hill section of Philadelphia and east toNortheast Philadelphia.[13]
The Jenkintown Fire Department consists of two fire companies founded more than 125 years ago. The Jenkintown Fire Department is avolunteer department consisting of the Pioneer Fire Company #1 and the Independent Fire Company #2. The Pioneer Company was organized in 1884 and the Independent Company was organized in 1889, an artifact of the historical split between Catholics and Protestants in the population of the borough. The two fire companies have a total membership of approximately 150, with 50 members composing the active firefighting crew.[citation needed]
The televisionsitcomThe Goldbergs is set in Jenkintown; it is based on the 1980s childhood of show creatorAdam F. Goldberg, a Jenkintown native.
The Avenue of Shops was a series of small shops, anchored at the northern end by Bonwit Teller, which was built and opened in 1955. Along with the presence of the Strawbridge & Clothier and John Wanamaker stores nearby, the Avenue of Shops helped make Jenkintown a shopping mecca for the approximately 15 years it was in existence. On June 1, 1971, Federated Department Stores leased the site and announced that the first Bloomingdale's store in Pennsylvania would open within a year. A second story was added for the entire length of the structure, and the store occupied the whole complex. In August 1982, Bloomingdale's moved to the new Willow Grove Park Mall, and the building was sold to the Nutrisystems Corporation. Later, Zany Brainy occupied the corner store, and the remainder of the building was devoted to professional offices.
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