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Melrose Park | |
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Valley Road in Melrose Park, January 2013 | |
| Coordinates:40°03′42″N75°07′55″W / 40.06167°N 75.13194°W /40.06167; -75.13194 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | |
| Township | |
| Commissioner | Daniel B. Norris |
| Area | |
• Total | .660 sq mi (1.71 km2) |
| Elevation | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,006 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 215, 267 and 445 |
Melrose Park is anunincorporated section ofCheltenham Township on thePhiladelphia city line inMontgomery County, Pennsylvania, It is bordered to the south by Cheltenham Avenue, to the west byOld York Road, to the east by New Second Street and to the north by Ashbourne Road.
SEPTA provides public transportation to Melrose Park via theMelrose Park railroad station and SEPTA bus routes 28, 55, and 70.
Melrose Park is represented byMadeleine Dean in the4th Congressional District. It is a close-in suburb outside of Philadelphia.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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TheUnited States Census Bureau defined Melrose Park as acensus designated place (CDP) in 2023.[1]
Melrose Park had been home toGratz College, the oldest independent institution ofJewish learning in theUnited States.[2] In March 2025, Gratz announced they would be leaving their Melrose Park campus for new facilities inJenkintown, Pennsylvania.[3]
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