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  2. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of the First ...

  3. Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    ZIP code. 19120. 19126. 19138. 19141. 19150. Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia, is a section of Philadelphia that is immediately north of North Philadelphia and south of Cheltenham. It is an area that consists of the now defunct township that was called "Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". The section is often excluded as part of ...

  4. North Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    North Philadelphia, nicknamed North Philly, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is immediately north of Center City. Though the full extent of the region is somewhat vague, "North Philadelphia" is regarded as everything north of either Vine Street or Spring Garden Street, between Northwest Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia.

  5. Mount Airy, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    As of the U.S. Census Bureau 2021 American Community Survey, [7] Mount Airy had 29,206 residents. Of those residents, 57.4% were Black or African-American, 33.2% White/Caucasian, 2.8% Hispanic, 1.3% Asian, and 5.3% were from other races or from 2 or more races.

  6. West Oak Lane, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    West Oak Lane is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood was developed primarily between the early 1920s and late 1930s, with the areas near to Cedarbrook constructed after World War II. At the northeast corner of Limekiln Pike and Washington Lane was the site of the Cedar Park Inn, [1] a historic ...

  7. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.phila.gov. Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania [11] and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan ...

  8. Cedarbrook, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia. Area code (s) 215, 267 and 445. Cedarbrook is a neighborhood located in the Northwest section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Ivy Hill neighborhood comprises roughly the northwestern half of Cedarbrook. Ivy Hill Cemetery (established 1867) forms the geographic heart of the neighborhood.

  9. Timeline of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    1719 – American Weekly Mercury newspaper begins publication. [4][5] 1722 – James Logan becomes mayor. 1728. Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper begins publication [6] Printer Benjamin Franklin in business. [7] 1731 – Library Company of Philadelphia established. 1735 – Pennsylvania State House built [8][5] 1736 – Union Fire Company formed.