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Penfield, Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Penfield is an unincorporated community in Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Penfield borders the unincorporated communities of Brookline, Chatham, Carroll Park, and Beechwood in Haverford. History The farming land that would be developed into Penfield was originally owned by Clifford Burke Harmon. The Penfield development coincided with the farmlands of Henry C. Terry, shortly before sale of the land around 1900. The development of Penfield began to be planned in 1907 when the Philadelphia and Western train brought service from 69th street to Norristown. The proximity of Penfield to the city of Philadelphia was a selling point for the budding suburb. The reliance on the P&W rapid transit line and the development of Penfield around it make it an early 19th century example of a streetcar suburb, one of several in the Western Suburbs of Philadelphia. The development of Penfield, including its sidewalks, roads, gutters and landscaping, was und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Countries
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
