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Tinicum is the name of two townships in Pennsylvania: * Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania * Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania The name is also associated with the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum. * Tinicum Incorporated Tinicum is the name of two townships in Pennsylvania: * Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania * Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania The name is also associated with the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum. * Tin ...

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ...
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Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Tinicum Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,995 at the 2010 census. The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridge over the Delaware River, connects Uhlerstown to Frenchtown in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is located approximately forty miles north of Center City, Philadelphia and forty miles west of the city limits of New York City. This township includes both area codes 215/267/445 and 610/484. The township also has five different ZIP codes. History The Red Hill Church and School, Ridge Valley Rural Historic District, and Lewis Summers Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.2 square miles (80.8 km2), of which 30.2 square miles (78.2 km2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.5 km2) (3.11%) is water. Tohickon Creek flows along its so ...
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Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Tinicum Township, more popularly known as "Tinicum Island" or "The Island", is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,091 at the 2010 census, down from 4,353 at the 2000 census. Included within the townships boundaries are the communities of Essington and Lester. One of the island's notable aspects is the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, attracting visitors to the island year-round. The international terminal, the western end of the airfield, and runways 9L/27R and 9R/27L of Philadelphia International Airport are located in Tinicum Township. History Tinicum Township has the distinction of being the site of the first recorded European settlement in Pennsylvania. Fort Nya Gothenborg, located on the South River, was settled by colonial Swedes in 1643. It served as capital of the New Sweden colony, under the rule of Royal Governor Johan Björnsson Printz. Governor Printz built his manor house, The Printzhof, on Tinicum Island, from which h ...
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John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum
The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is a 1000-acre (4.05 km2) National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia and Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania. Adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport, the refuge is designed to the largest remaining freshwater tidal marsh in Pennsylvania. Established in 1972 as the Tinicum National Environmental Center, it was renamed in 1991 after the late H. John Heinz III, who helped preserve Tinicum Marsh. History The Lenape people are the first known settlers of the area that is now known as Philadelphia. For generations, these indigenous people stewarded the land we know as Tinicum Marsh. The Lenape called this land Tennakon Minquas or "islands of the marsh". It was a marshland that spread for more than 5,000 acres across the landscape. The Lenape lived off the plentiful bounty of the marshland, fishing, hunting, and gathering in the around the marshes until the mid-1600s when European settlers arrived. These settlers drained and fil ...
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