Aramingo Borough is a defunct borough that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the

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following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

History

Aramingo Borough was created out of the

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and was incorporated on April 11, 1850. Bounded on the northeast by a portion of the

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and Frankford Creek, which divided it from a portion of Oxford Township and Frankford; on the northwest the unincorporated Northern Liberties, and the Northern Liberties District were boundaries, the latter partly on the southwest; and Richmond District on the southeast and southwest. The name is an abbreviation and alteration from the Native American name of the stream adjacent, called by the

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and English, Gunner’s Run. The original name was Tumanaraming, meaning "Wolf Walk." By cutting off a portion of the beginning, and omitting two letters in the center and adding an o, the word "Aramingo" was coined.

Today

Aramingo Avenue is a major road in Port Richmond, Fishtown, and other neighborhoods in near-Northeast Philadelphia. It is home to many stores and shopping plazas.

Resources

''Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683-1854''
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- excerpted from the book at the ushistory.org website {{PhilaCnty1854 Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 Populated places established in 1850 1854 disestablishments in Pennsylvania