Passyunk Township, Pennsylvania
Passyunk Township (Lenape language, Lenape ''Pahsayunk'' 'in the valley' from ''pahsaek'' 'valley') is a defunct Township (Pennsylvania), township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.''Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683–1854'() References Additional sources * Amandus Johnson, Johnson, Amandus. ''The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware Volume I: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638–1664'' (1911) See also

*Fort Beversreede *New Sweden *Passyunk Square, Philadelphia {{Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 1854 disestablishments in Pennsylvania ...
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Passyunk Square, Philadelphia
Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north. Passyunk Square is bordered by the Bella Vista, Hawthorne, Central South Philadelphia, Wharton and Point Breeze neighborhoods. The neighborhood got its Lenape name from the 1800s Passyunk Township, Pennsylvania which named Passyunk Square Park, located between 12th, 13th, Reed and Wharton Streets. The park was eventually renamed Columbus Square Park, and subsequently the neighborhood became known as Columbus Square. Sue Montella, Geoff DiMasi, and a group of neighbors revived the Passyunk Square name when forming the Passyunk Square Civic Association in 2003. History Lafayette Cemetery was established in 1828 on the block between Federal and Wharton Streets and 9th and 10th Avenues. The cemetery was originally designed to hold 14,000 bodies, but by 1946, it was in disrepair and overcrowded with 47,00 ...
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