Media (Pennsylvania)
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Location in Pennsylvania
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1850 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Delaware County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 55 ′ N , 75 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,533 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 2,766.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.1 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.0 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 91 m | ||
| Postal code : | 19063 | ||
| Area code : | +1 610 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-48480 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1215187 | ||
| Website : | www.mediaborough.com | ||
Media is a settlement ( borough ) and the administrative seat in Delaware County in the US state of Pennsylvania . The place with a good 5,000 inhabitants belongs to the metropolitan area of Philadelphia ( metropolitan region Delaware Valley ).
The place has supraregional importance due to a break-in by the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI on March 8, 1971 into the office of the FBI program COINTELPRO, which was previously secret, to discredit politically undesirable opponents.
economy
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies and the John J. Tyler Arboretum are located in Media . The Spitfire Mark I was also built here.
traffic
Media is connected to Philadelphia's SEPTA tram network via the Elwyn Line .
sons and daughters of the town
- Jonathan Bepler (* 1959), composer
- John Billingsley (born 1960), actor
- Jon Conway (* 1977), soccer goalkeeper
- Emma Vyssotsky (1894–1975), astronomer
Web links
Commons : Media, Pennsylvania - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Borough of Media in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed June 29, 2014