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Lansdale is a
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in
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, United States. It is a densely populated
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, with many residents traveling daily to
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using
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's
Lansdale/Doylestown Line The Lansdale/Doylestown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia to Doylestown (SEPTA station), Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until 1981, SEPTA diesel service, diesel-powered tr ...
. In the year 1900, 2,754 people lived here; in 1910, 3,551; and in 1940, 9,316 people were inhabitants of Lansdale. The population was 18,773 at the 2020 census. Lansdale is the center of the
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, a region which includes the surrounding townships and boroughs. It is located southeast of
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and north of
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.


History


Founding

The earliest known settlers in Lansdale were members of the Jenkins family. At the peak of its growth, the Jenkins homestead occupied approximately 120 acres of land. The construction of the North Pennsylvania Railroad (later absorbed into the Reading Railroad) during the 1850s contributed to rapid growth and expansion in Lansdale. Employment opportunities generated by the railroad brought settlers, housing, and local businesses to the area.


Borough incorporation

By 1872, Lansdale Borough was officially incorporated and named after Phillip Lansdale Fox, chief surveyor of the North Penn Railroad. By the naming conventions of the time, it should have been called Jenkintown, since the land immediately surrounding the train station was owned by the Jenkins family, but there was already a town by that name along the rail line. The
Jenkins Homestead Jenkins Homestead is a historic home located at Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1805, and is a -story, five-bay, stucco over stone dwelling. It has two front entryways, one entering onto a through central hallwa ...
and Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. are listed on the
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.


Kugel ball

Lansdale is home to a
Kugel ball A kugel fountain (also called a floating sphere fountain or by the pleonasmic name kugel ball) is a water feature or sculpture where a sphere sits in a fitted hollow in a pedestal, and is supported by aquaplaning on a thin film of water. Pressu ...
, which is a dark grey granite sphere supported by a very thin film of water pumped from beneath its base. The Kugel Ball is located in Railroad Plaza, adjacent to the
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Lansdale/Doylestown Line train station in downtown Lansdale. The plaza consists of a bricked patio with benches centered on the Kugel Ball and closes at 11:00 pm. An annual 5k race is held in June, accordingly named the Kugel Ball race, which starts and ends at the actual Kugel Ball in Railroad Plaza.


Hometown heroes

The Lansdale Borough Hometown Heroes Banner Program is a living tribute created for the community to recognize and honor Lansdale Veterans who are serving or are veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces.


Geography

According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , all land. It has a hot-summer
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
(''Dfa'') and the
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is 7a. The average monthly temperature ranges from 30.2 °F in January to 74.7 °F in July. The average annual absolute minimum temperature is -0.4 °F.


Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the borough was 75.9% White, 5.9% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 13.3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 2.7% were two or more races. 4.4% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.


Government

Lansdale has a
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form of government with a
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and a nine-member borough council. On June 4, 2008, local chiropractor G. Andrew Szekely was appointed by council resolution to serve the remaining 18 months of the term of Mayor Michael DiNunzio. Szekely won a full four-year term in November 2009. The current mayor of Lansdale is Garry Herbert, who was voted into office in January, 2018. The borough is part of the Fourth Congressional District (represented by Rep.
Madeleine Dean Madeleine Dean Cunnane (born June 6, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district since 2019. The district includes almost all of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Mont ...
), Pennsylvania's 53rd Representative District (represented by Rep. Steve Malagari) and the 12th State Senate District (represented by Sen.
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).


Education

The community is a part of the
North Penn School District The North Penn School District (NPSD) is a suburban public school district. It is composed of thirteen elementary schools, three middle schools, one alternative school, and one high school. As of the 2021-2022 school year, it serves 12,783 stude ...
. K-6 public elementary schools in Lansdale include Gwynedd Square Elementary, Knapp Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, Inglewood Elementary, Walton Farm Elementary, and York Avenue Elementary. Penndale Middle School serves grades 7–9. The area public high school is
North Penn High School North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District, and is located in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, about a mile outside of Lansdale, Pennsylvania and 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, on Valley Forge Road, also known as P ...
in Towamencin Township. The borough is also home to Mater Dei Catholic School of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia The Archdiocese of Philadelphia () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia originally included all of Pennsylvania and Dela ...
. It was formerly home to St. Stanislaus School. In January 2012, the archdiocese announced that St. Rose of Lima School in
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would be merging with St. Stanislaus, with students attending classes in Lansdale at St. Stanislaus. The newly combined school was renamed from St. Stanislaus to Mater Dei, Latin for "Mother of God." Calvary Baptist School is a pre-K-12th grade Christian school. Lansdale area private high schools include
Lansdale Catholic High School Lansdale Catholic High School is a secondary school that is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States. History The School opened in September 1949 under the name of Little Flowe ...
and
Dock Mennonite Academy Dock Mennonite Academy, formerly known as Christopher Dock Mennonite High School and Penn View Christian School is a private school in Montgomery County. The school was named after schoolmaster Christopher Dock of Skippack, Pennsylvania. Studen ...
. Dock is in Towamencin Township. The
DeSales University DeSales University (DSU) is a Private university, private Catholic university in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, United States. The university offers traditional, online, and hybrid courses and programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. N ...
Lansdale Area Campus was an institute of
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, with a campus specifically designed for adult students. The campus closed in 2019, with classes moved to the main campus in Center Valley or online.


Media

Lansdale is served by the daily print newspaper '' The Reporter'', owned by the
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and with a circulation of 16,364 throughout Lansdale, Hatfield, Souderton and Harleysville. As well as the online news sites North Penn Now and Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch. WNPV (1440 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format, whose air date began October 17, 1960 and ended April 30, 2020. The station sold off its land, studio and broadcast towers to North Penn School District in July 2020. Its license was donated to Four Rivers Community Broadcasting. North Penn Television is a television station owned by the North Penn School district that broadcasts the North Penn School District Board of School Directors meetings, along with various events around the school district such as sports games and concerts.


Arts and entertainment

Lansdale hosts a first friday during the warmer months, it includes live music, food trucks, a beer garden, and local events like scavenger hunts or food drives. Every September Lansdale is home to Bike Night, where thousands of motorcyclists gather. The Rock Den was a music store that hosted weekly open mic nights and shows. It was located in the former Stuart’s music building that has been home to a music store since the 1940s. Another popular local venue was the Underground at Round Guys. In 2022, a documentary "Lansdale, Then, Now and Forever" was released about the local music scene. Directed by Jason Zoblin. Classic Game Junkie opened an arcade in 2022.


Infrastructure


Transportation

As of 2010 there were of public roads in Lansdale, of which were maintained by the
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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough. The main east–west street in Lansdale is Main Street (
Pennsylvania Route 63 Pennsylvania Route 63 (PA 63) is a state highway located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. The western terminus of the route is at PA 29 in Green Lane, Montgomery County. The eastern terminus is at Interstate 95 ...
), which runs northwest–southeast. The main north–south street is Broad Street, which runs southwest–northeast.
Pennsylvania Route 363 Pennsylvania Route 363 (PA 363) is a state highway located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that is a spur of Pennsylvania Route 63, PA 63. The route, which is signed north-south, runs from an ...
begins at PA 63 on the western edge of Lansdale and heads southwest on Valley Forge Road. The Lansdale interchange of the
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Northeast Extension (
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) is located to the west of the borough in Towamencin Township and connects to PA 63. Lansdale is served by
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's
Lansdale/Doylestown Line The Lansdale/Doylestown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia to Doylestown (SEPTA station), Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until 1981, SEPTA diesel service, diesel-powered tr ...
via
Lansdale station Lansdale station, also known as the Lansdale Transportation Center, is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Located at Main Street ( PA 63) and Green Street, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It was originally built in ...
in downtown, the Pennbrook station in the southern part of the borough, and the 9th Street station in the northern part of the borough, with service to
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and Doylestown along with intermediate points. Three
SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people througho ...
serve Lansdale: the Route 94 connects the southern part of Lansdale with the Montgomery Mall and Chestnut Hill, the Route 96 connects Lansdale with the
Norristown Transportation Center Norristown Transit Center is a two-level multimodal public transportation regional hub located in Norristown, Pennsylvania and operated by SEPTA. It opened in 1989, replacing the older M terminus one block away at Main and Swede Streets, and ...
in Norristown, and the Route 132 connects the borough with the Montgomery Mall and
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. Lansdale is the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad, a short-line freight railroad. The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad operates the Lansdale Yard in the borough and provides freight rail service out of Lansdale to several points in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia on SEPTA-owned lines. The railroad interchanges with
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in Lansdale.


Utilities

Lansdale Electric, owned by the borough, provides electricity to most of Lansdale, with portions of the borough receiving electricity from
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, a subsidiary of
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. The borough's electric department purchases its electricity from American Municipal Power. Natural gas in Lansdale is provided by PECO Energy Company. The North Penn Water Authority provides water to Lansdale and some surrounding areas. Sewer service in Lansdale is provided by the borough, which operates a wastewater treatment facility. Trash and recycling collection in Lansdale is provided by contracts with private haulers, although the borough has plans for a single hauler serving all residents.


Health care

Jefferson Health–Abington operates Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, which serves Lansdale and surrounding areas in the North Penn Valley. Jefferson Lansdale Hospital has 140 beds and over 700 employees, including over 300 physicians. Services offered at the hospital include an
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, Orthopedic and Spine Institute, Pain Center, Sleep Center, and Wound Care Center. The hospital, which was previously known as North Penn Hospital and later as Central Montgomery Medical Center, was acquired by Abington Memorial Hospital from
Universal Health Services Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is an American Fortune 300 company that provides hospital and healthcare services, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania , King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. In 2024, UHS reported total revenues of $15.8b. C ...
in October 2008, with the name changed from Central Montgomery Medical Center to its present name.


Notable people

* Kenneth Kraus (1956– ), former
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who was first American taken hostage by Iranian militants prior to the
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on Feb. 14, 1979 at the United States Embassy in Tehran. He was handed back over to the United States at the embassy on Feb. 21, 1979, a day after he stood trial in an Iranian kangaroo court, and a day before his death sentence was to be carried out. *
Lois Gunden Lois Gunden (February 25, 1915 – August 27, 2005) was the fourth of five Americans to be recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Shoah Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority of Israel. Working for the Mennonite Central ...
(1915–2005), recipient of the title
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by
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for her efforts to care for and protect Jewish children and child refugees of the
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during
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. Gunden lived with her husband Ernest Clemens in Lansdale from 1958 until her death in 2005. *
Ralph F. Hirschmann Ralph Franz Hirschmann (May 6, 1922 – June 20, 2009) was a German American chemist who led a team that was responsible for the first organic synthesis of an enzyme, a ribonuclease. Early life and education Born on May 6, 1922, in Fürth, he ...
(1922–2009),
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who led synthesis of the first enzyme. * Margaret Battavio (
Little Peggy March Peggy March (born Margaret Annemarie Battavio, March 8, 1948) is an American popular music, pop singer. In the United States, she is primarily known for her 1963 Music recording certification, million-selling song "I Will Follow Him". Although sh ...
) (born 1948), American pop singer. Her song "
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" was number one in April 1963. *
Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban (February 4, 1925 – December 13, 2011) was an American writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books. He lived in London fro ...
(1925–2011), expatriate writer, author of ''
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'' and the ''Frances the Badger'' children's books, was born and grew up in Lansdale. * Jennifer Strong ( – 2011), soccer player. *
Liza Weil Liza Weil (born June 5, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Paris Geller in the WB/ CW comedy-drama series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007) and its Netflix revival series '' Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life' ...
(born 1977), actress known for her portrayal of
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in the television series ''
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'' and for her portrayal of
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in ''
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''; was born in
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but her family has resided in the borough since 1984; Weil is a 1995 alumnus of
North Penn High School North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District, and is located in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, about a mile outside of Lansdale, Pennsylvania and 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, on Valley Forge Road, also known as P ...
. * Ralph James Wickel (1921–2001), Lansdale High School alum served in
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, awarded tennis scholarship at
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, competed in regional and national tennis tournaments. Selected for
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competition and participated in the US Championships in the early 1950s. * Paul Bateson (born 1940), radiological technician seen playing one in ''
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'', later convicted of murdering a film critic and suspected in a series of murders of gay men in late '70s New York. * Joe Judge (born 1981), former head coach of the
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. *
Joe Matt Joe Matt (September 3, 1963 – September 18, 2023) was an American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical work, ''Peepshow''. Early life Joe Matt was born and raised in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a middle-class suburb of Philadelphia. He ...
(1963–2023), American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical comic,
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. *
John Oates John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American musician, best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates along with Daryl Hall. He has played rock, R&B, and soul music, serving as a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record ...
, American Musician attended high school in Lansdale.


In popular culture

An episode of the Fox television series ''
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'', which aired on September 24, 2009, was set in Lansdale. The scenes that took place in Lansdale were filmed in
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, and the town was depicted as a rural area consisting primarily of corn fields and not as the densely populated suburban town that it actually is. The beginning of the ''
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'' season 7 episode "Changes" (May 2, 2011) was set in Lansdale.vicpei "LiveJournal," May 19, 2011. Accessed December 28, 2012.


References


External links


Borough of Lansdale
{{authority control Populated places established in 1872 Boroughs in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1872 establishments in Pennsylvania