Upper Darby Township, Home rule municipality in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Description
Upper Darby Township is a community in Delaware County in Pennsylvania. The 7.9 square mile (20 square kilometers) area includes residential neighborhoods and commercial districts along the western edge of Philadelphia.
History
Swedish settlers founded the first European settlement in 1653 on territory belonging to the Lenape people. The community developed during the 19th century with railroad construction and later adopted a home rule government structure with expanded local powers.
Culture
The name comes from the old Darby Hall estate and later gained the „Upper
Practical
The Market-Frankford Line terminal at 69th Street Transportation Center connects the township to downtown Philadelphia. Regional buses run between residential areas and the rail station.
Did you know?
Students from Highland Park Elementary School ran a campaign in the 1970s that made the Pennsylvania firefly the official state insect. Their project started as a school initiative and reached the state legislature.
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Tower Theatre
4.2 km
Eden Cemetery
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5.2 km
Joseph W. Catharine School
6.7 km
Collen Brook Farm
1.4 km
Darby Free Library
5.7 km
Darby Meeting
5.7 km
Nitre Hall
3.4 km
Lewis C. Cassidy School
5.2 km
St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church
5.1 km
Lansdowne Theatre
3.7 km
Walnut Park Plaza Hotel
5.2 km
Lansdowne Park Historic District
3.5 km
Armenian Martyrs' Congregational Church
687 m
Henry Albertson Subdivision Historic District
3.5 km
City of Conquerors, Philadelphia
5.3 km
Twentieth Century Club of Lansdowne
3.2 km
Lower Swedish Cabin
2.8 kmCity Line Center Theatre
3.8 kmImperial Theater, Cobbs Creek
5.7 kmSpruce Theatre
5.7 kmClifton Theater
3.3 kmBarclay Square II
2.9 kmBrookline Theater
2.4 kmEric Theatre
6.4 kmKarakung Golf Course
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