Bryn Mawr, pronounced , from

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for big hill, is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

(CDP) located across three townships: Radnor Township and Haverford Township in Delaware County, and

Lower Merion Township Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Philadelphia Main Line. The township's name originates with the county of Merioneth in north Wales. Merioneth is an English-language transcription of the ...

in Montgomery County,

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. It is located just west of

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along Lancaster Avenue, also known as U.S. Route 30. There are also areas not in the census-designated place but which have Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania postal addresses, including Radnor Township and Haverford Township in Delaware County. Bryn Mawr is located toward the center of what is known as the Main Line, a group of affluent Philadelphia suburban villages stretching from the city limits to Malvern. They became home to sprawling country estates belonging to Philadelphia's wealthiest families, and over the decades became a bastion of old money. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,779. Bryn Mawr is home to

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

History

Bryn Mawr is named after an estate near

Dolgellau Dolgellau () is a town and Community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It was the traditional county town of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Merionet ...

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that belonged to

Rowland Ellis Rowland Ellis (1650 – September 1731) was a Welsh Quaker leader. He was the owner of the farm of Bryn Mawr near Dolgellau. He became a Quaker, along with a number of other inhabitants of Dolgellau, after a visit to the town by George Fox i ...

. He was a

Quaker Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abili ...

who emigrated in 1686 to Pennsylvania to escape

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. Until 1869 and the coming of the

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's Main Line, the town, located in the old Welsh Tract, was known as Humphreysville. The town was renamed by railroad agent William H. Wilson after he acquired on behalf of the railroad the that now compose Bryn Mawr. In 1893, the first hospital,

Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr Hospital, part of Main Line Health, is a 264-bed acute care hospital located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1893, Bryn Mawr Hospital has been named among ''U.S. News & World Report’s'' Best Hospitals in the Philadelphia regio ...

, was built on the Main Line by Dr. George Gerhard.

Glenays Glenays, also known as Leighton House, was an historic home which was located in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. History and architectural features The property was purchased by Richard Roger Montgomery and his wife Elisabeth B ...

, a historic home dating to 1859, was listed on the

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in 1977.

Geography

Bryn Mawr is located at (40.021022, −75.316901). According to the

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, the Bryn Mawre has a total area of , all land, some of which is in Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Part of Bryn Mawr is located in Delaware County, located at the coordinates 40°1' 25.0212"N 75°19' 46.1676"W; its ZIP code is 19010, with a total population of 3,779. However, the Bryn Mawr ZIP Code of 19010 covers a larger area. As a result, the geographic term Bryn Mawr is often used in a sense that includes not only the CDP, but also other areas that share the ZIP Code. These other areas include the community of Rosemont within Lower Merion Township and Radnor Township, and various other areas within Lower Merion Township, Radnor Township, and Haverford Township. Bryn Mawr is a part of the Philadelphia Main Line, a string of picturesque towns located along a railroad that connects Philadelphia with points west. Some other Main Line communities include Ardmore, Wynnewood, Narberth, Bala Cynwyd and Villanova

Demographics

As of the 2010 census,, there were 3,779 people, 1,262 households, and 497 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 7,033.7 people per square mile (2,728.9/km²). There were 1,481 housing units at an average density of 2,377.2/sq mi (922.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.0%

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, 10.5%

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, 0.0% Native American, 10.7% Asian, 0.1%

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, 1.2% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. 4.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 21.1% were of Irish, 10.8% Italian, 6.8% German and 6.4% English ancestry according to

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. There were 1,404 households, out of which 13.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.8% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 62.6% were non-families. 41.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.79. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 8.4% under the age of 18, 48.1% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 12.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 46.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 42.4 males. As of the U.S. census, the median income for a household in the CDP was $47,721, and the median income for a family was $66,369. Males had a median income of $40,625 versus $31,618 for females. The

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for the CDP was $23,442. About 5.3% of families and 21.7% of the population were below the

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, including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2000 census, the Bryn Mawr ZIP code was home to 21,485 people with a median family income of $110,956.

Notable people

* Cheryl Abplanalp Thompson, Team USA handball player in

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, inductee into Davis and Elkins College Hall of Fame * Constance Applebee, athletic director at Bryn Mawr College for 24 years * Julius Wesley Becton Jr., retired United States Army general, former

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Director, and education administrator * John Bogle, founder and former CEO of

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Avis Bohlen Avis Thayer Bohlen (born April 20, 1940, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) ...

, U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria (1996-1999) *

Derek Bok Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University. Life and career Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Following his parents' divorce, he, his mother, brother and sist ...

, lawyer, educator, president of Harvard University *

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the ...

, imagist poet, novelist, memoirist *

George W. Childs George William Childs (1829–1894) was an American publisher who co-owned the '' Public Ledger'' newspaper in Philadelphia with financier Anthony Joseph Drexel. Early life Childs was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 12, 1829, the illegitim ...

, publisher, co-owner of Philadelphia '' Public Ledger'' * Jake Cohen (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israeli national basketball team *

Meredith Colket Meredith Bright Colket (November 19, 1878 – June 7, 1947) was an American pole vaulter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the men's pole vault ahead of Norwegian Carl-Albert Andersen who won br ...

, silver medalist in pole vault, 1900 Olympics * Samuel Conway, chemist and Anthrocon chairman, born here *

Fran Crippen Francis Crippen (April 17, 1984 – October 23, 2010) was an American long-distance swimmer. After being a pool swimmer for most of his career, Crippen made the transition to open water swimming in 2006. In international competitions, Cripp ...

, swimmer *

A. J. Croce Adrian James "A.J." Croce (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter. He is the son of Ingrid Croce and Jim Croce. Biography Croce was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1971. His father died in a plane crash ei ...

, musician * Kat Dennings, actress *

Mark DiFelice Mark Andrew DiFelice (born August 23, 1976) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Growing up in Havertown, Pennsylvania, Mark played for Hilltop Baseball and is currently the only player from that league (established in 1963) to pl ...

, MLB player for

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Fred D'Ignazio Fred D'Ignazio (born January 6, 1949) is an American author, educator, and television commentator. He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and is considered to be one of the world's leading pioneers in multimedia-based education. From 1972 to 197 ...

, educator and technology writer *

Adelaide C. Eckardt Adelaide C. Eckardt (born September 8, 1943) is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland Senate, representing District 37. Background Adelaide C. Eckardt was first elected in 1994 to represent the new District 37B. District 37B ...

, Maryland politician *

Bernard Farrell Bernard Farrell (born 1941) is an Irish dramatist, whose contemporary comedies – both light and dark – have been described as "well-wrought, cleverly shaped with a keen sense of absurdity" and as "dark and dangerous comedy in which characte ...

, former chairman of 550/Sony Music Entertainment, founder of StarHouse Records *

Drew Gilpin Faust Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18, 1947) is an American historian and was the 28th president of Harvard University, the first woman to serve in that role. She was Harvard's first president since 1672 without an undergraduate or gradu ...

, historian of

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, first female president of Harvard University, graduated from Bryn Mawr College * Emmet French, golfer * Jim Gardner, Philadelphia

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news anchorman *

Adam Goren Adam Goren (born January 14, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and teacher best known as the artist Atom and His Package. Goren is a singer and guitarist who has released more than 18 albums under various aliases. His music is i ...

, punk-rock musician known as Atom and His Package * Phil Gosselin, Major League baseball player *

Hanna Holborn Gray Hanna Holborn Gray (born October 25, 1930) is an American historian of Renaissance and Reformation political thought and Professor of History ''Emerita'' at the University of Chicago. She served as president of the University of Chicago, from 197 ...

, historian of Germany, first female president of University of Chicago, graduated from Bryn Mawr College *

Edith Hamilton Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in German ...

, classics scholar, author of ''The Greek Way'' and ''The Roman Way'', graduated from and taught at Bryn Mawr College *

Philip A. Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known a ...

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from

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, 1959–1976, nicknamed "the Conscience of the Senate" *

Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over 60 years. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited perso ...

, actress, four-time

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recipient, graduated from Bryn Mawr College *

Edward Barnes Leisenring Jr. Edward Barnes Leisenring Jr. (pronounced LYES-en-ring) (January 25, 1926 – March 2, 2011) was president of the Westmoreland Coal Company from 1961 to 1988 and chairman of the board from 1988 to 1998. Biography He was born on January 25, 1926, t ...

, coal executive *

Daniel Pratt Mannix IV Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1997) was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker. His best-known works are the 1958 book ''Those About to Die'', which ...

, author of ''

The Fox and the Hound ''The Fox and the Hound'' is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. The 24th Disney animated feature film, the film tells the st ...

'' *

Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and ''Playboy'' Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Man ...

, actress *

Jacqueline Mars Jacqueline Mars (born October 10, 1939) is an American heiress and investor. She is the daughter of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars, Sr., and the granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. As ...

, heiress to

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candy bar fortune *

Tim McCarver James Timothy McCarver (born October 16, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from to , most prominently as a member of the St. Louis Cardina ...

, Major League baseball player and broadcaster * Walter A. McDougall, Pulitzer Prize winner * Agnes Nixon, creator of ''

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'' and ''

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'' * Emmy Noether, mathematician *

Michael A. O'Donnell Michael A. O'Donnell (born June 17, 1956, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an American writer and researcher and co-principal investigator of the Adolescent Wellness Research Project, jointly with University of Alabama family strengths scholar Nick ...

, Ph.D, author, lecturer, and Episcopal priest, born here * Richard A. O'Donnell, American playwright, composer, lyricist, poet, actor, and stand-up comic * R. C. Orlan, baseball player *

Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

, singer *

Chris Pikula Christopher Pikula is an American '' Magic: The Gathering'' player. Pikula started playing on the Pro Tour at the very first Pro Tour in New York, 1996. He attended the other two Pro Tour events that season too, failing to attend only the World ...

, professional Magic: The Gathering player *

Polly Platt Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (a diminutive of Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as Polina, Polona, Paula or Paulina. People named or nicknamed Polly Female *Caresse Cros ...

, author of books for Americans living in France *

Jake Schindler Jacob Carl Schindler (born September 25, 1989) is an American professional poker player from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania known for his accomplishments in live and online poker tournaments. Early life Schindler was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania ...

, professional poker player * Beth Shak, professional poker player for Full Tilt * Jay Sigel, professional golfer, U.S. Amateur champion *

Cornelia Otis Skinner Cornelia Otis Skinner (May 30, 1899 – July 9, 1979) was an American writer and actress. Biography Skinner was the only child of actor Otis Skinner and actress Maud Durbin. After attending the all-girls' Baldwin School and Bryn Mawr College ( ...

, playwright and actress, graduated from Bryn Mawr College *

Ed Snider Edward Malcolm Snider (January 6, 1933 – April 11, 2016) was an American business executive. He was the chairman of Comcast Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company that owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National H ...

, founder of Comcast Spectacor * John Spagnola, former professional football player * Andrew Spence, artist * Richard Swett, former congressman and diplomat * Dr. Joseph Wright Taylor, industrialist, Quaker leader, founder and benefactor of Bryn Mawr College *

Jack Thayer John Borland Thayer III (December 24, 1894 – September 20, 1945) was a first-class passenger on who survived after the ship struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912. Aged 17 at the time, he was one of only a handful of passengers to surv ...

, first class passenger and survivor of sinking of RMS ''Titanic'' * M. Carey Thomas, second president of Bryn Mawr College *

Charles Thomson Charles Thomson (November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824) was an Irish-born Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its existence. As secretary, Thomson ...

, secretary of

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, lived at Harriton House * Ronne Troup, actress * Emlen Tunnell, NFL player for

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and

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, member of

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Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

, 28th president of the United States, taught government at

, then at Princeton University, and later served as governor of New JerseyBragdon, Henry Wilkinson. ''Woodrow Wilson: The Academic Years''. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1960. *

Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", " Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Th ...

, musician * Anthony Zinni, United States Marine Corps general

School system

*Bryn Mawr residents of Lower Merion Township attend schools in the

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; all residents of the Bryn Mawr CDP are in Lower Merion Township and therefore attend LMSD schools. *Bryn Mawr address residents of Radnor Township attend schools in the

Radnor Township School District Radnor Township School District is a school district that serves Radnor Township, Pennsylvania and has 3 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Due to the mostly affluent demographic of the Main Line that the Radnor Townshi ...

; Radnor High School is the district's sole high school. *Bryn Mawr address residents of Haverford Township attend schools in the

School District of Haverford Township The School District of Haverford Township is a school district in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was created in 1944. The district serves all parts of the township, including Havertown. The current superint ...

;

Haverford High School Haverford Senior High School is the public high school of Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the School District of Haverford Township. It is at 200 Mill Road in Havertown. The school serves the entirety of Haverford T ...

is the district's sole high school. * Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr, the Shipley School and

The Baldwin School The Baldwin School (simply referred to as Baldwin School or Baldwin) is a private school for girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin. The school occupies a 19th-century resort hotel designed by ...

are all in Bryn Mawr. The French International School of Philadelphia, which opened in 1991, previously held its classes at Baldwin and then at Shipley.Hellberg, Joyce Vottima.
French School Gets Larger Quarters The Philadelphia School Has Moved Into The Historic Beechwood House.
" ''

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''. August 3, 1993. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.

Points of interest

* Harcum College * Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr * Baldwin School * Shipley School * Barrack Hebrew Academy * Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, formerly Clarke School for the Deaf. "Clarke Philadelphia" is located here, with its main campus being in

Northampton, Massachusetts The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 29,571. Northampton is known as an a ...

. *

American College Arboretum The American College Arboretum (35 acres) is an arboretum located on the campus of The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at 270 South Bryn Mawr Avenue. It is open daily without charge. The arboretum began in 1959 when the college start ...

The American College of Financial Services The American College of Financial Services (The American College) is a private online university focused on professional training for financial practitioners and located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. It offers several professional certificati ...

* Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum *

Bryn Mawr Film Institute Bryn Mawr Film Institute is a non-profit, community-supported movie theater located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a town on Philadelphia's Main Line. It re-opened in March 2005, with Ben Kingsley present, and currently has over 9,100 supporting me ...

* Harriton House *

The Main Point The Main Point was a small coffeehouse venue in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1964 to 1981. The venue hosted concerts by some of the top names in folk and traditional music, blues, rock, country music, and other musical genres, as ...

References

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