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Passyunk Township, Pennsylvania

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namePassyunk Township
settlement_typeFormer Township
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Pennsylvania
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Philadelphia
image_mapPassyunkTwp1854.png
map_captionMap of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Passyunk Township prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854
coordinates
population_density_km2auto
timezone1EST
utc_offset1-5
timezone1_DSTEDT
utc_offset1_DST-4
area_codes215, 267, and 445

Passyunk Township (Lenape Pahsayunk 'in the valley' from pahsaek 'valley') was a township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History

This township ceased to exist when it was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia, following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683–1854 http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/wards/wards1.htm ()

References

Additional sources

  • Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware Volume I: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638–1664 (1911)

References

  1. "pahsayunk". Lenape Talking Dictionary.
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