Penn Township | |
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 Map ofPhiladelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Penn Township before theAct of Consolidation, 1854 | |
| Coordinates:40°01′19″N75°10′30″W / 40.02194°N 75.17500°W /40.02194; -75.17500 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 215, 267, and 445 |
Penn Township was atownship that was located inPhiladelphia County, Pennsylvania. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into theCity of Philadelphia following the passage of theAct of Consolidation, 1854.
Penn Township was formed from the western portion of theNorthern Liberties Township by order of theCourt of Quarter Sessions in the year 1807. It was north ofVine Street, bounded on the east by 6th Street to the intersection of the road toGermantown. From there, it proceeds north by west to the foot of Logan's Hill, southwest to the township line road along the same to a point a short distance above Manheim Lane, then over in a southwest direction to theSchuylkill River, and down the same to Vine Street. Its greatest length was four miles; its greatest width was three miles; and it comprised 7,680 acres. (31 km2).
The districts ofSpring Garden andPenn were created out of this township, and it included portions of Rising Sun andNicetown and Fort St. Davids, after which it is called Falls Village. It was traversed in a northwestern direction by the Ridge Avenue, from 9th and Vine streets, and northeastwardly from the Schuylkill, between Fairmount and Lemon Hill, by Farmers’ Lane, which ran into the Germantown Road, and by Nicetown Lane, from the Ridge Road below the Falls, and over to Nicetown, Germantown, and beyond.