Aramingo Borough, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°00′18″N 75°05′02″W / 40.00500°N 75.08389°W / 40.00500; -75.08389
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Aramingo Borough
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Area codes215, 267, and 445

Aramingo Borough was a

City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854
.

History

Aramingo Borough was created out of 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 Swedes 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.

Aramingo Avenue remains 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 (Daly, John; Weinberg, Allen (October 1966). Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions (Second ed.). Philadelphia Dept. of Records.
  • Information courtesy of ushistory.org
  • Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854 By Rudolph J. Walther - excerpted from the book at the ushistory.org website