Abington Township (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
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 Abington Presbyterian Church |
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| Location of Abington Township in Montgomery County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1704 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Pennsylvania |
| County : | Montgomery County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 6 ′ N , 75 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 55,310 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,375.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 40.2 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 86 m |
| Postcodes : | 19001, 19006, 19027, 19038, 19046, 19090 |
| Area code : | +1 215 and 267 |
| FIPS : | 42-00156 |
| GNIS ID : | 1216850 |
| Website : | www.abington.org |
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Abington Township is a township with 55,310 inhabitants (2010) in Montgomery County in the southeast of the US state Pennsylvania .
geography
Abington is on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia and includes the parishes of Abington, Ardsley , Crestmont , Elkins Park , Glenside , Hollywood , Huntingdon Valley , McKinley , Meadowbrook , Noble , North Hills , Roslyn , Roychester , Rydal, and Willow Grove .
history
When European settlers arrived in the late 16th century, Lenni Lenape lived in the area. Abington was founded in the early 18th century and may be named after a parish in England . On December 7, 1777, a skirmish between American and British forces took place on nearby Edge Hill during the American Revolutionary War . In 1855 Abington was connected to the North Pennsylvania Railroad . 1950 with Penn State Abington a campus of the Pennsylvania State University opened.
economy
The township is home to factories for the production of pressed steel , chemicals, and metal and plastic products.
Sons and Daughters of the Township
- Chuck Douglas (born 1942), politician
- John-David Francis Bartoe (* 1944), astrophysicist
- Fred Hess (1944–2018), jazz musician
- Jon D. Fox (1947-2018), politician
- Tom Feeney (* 1958), politician
- Barbara Kirch (* 1960), rower
- Mary Ellen Clark (* 1962), water diver
- Mike Richter (* 1966), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Stephen Lynch (born 1971), singer
- Patricia Marx (* 1975), writer
- Mike Vogel (born 1979), actor
- Matthew Lawrence (born 1980), actor
- Chad Kolarik (born 1986), ice hockey player
- Alexandra Mueller (* 1988), tennis player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Abington. (No longer available online.) In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 25, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )