Delaware Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Delaware Township | |
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| Area codes | 215, 267, and 445 |
Delaware Township was a
City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854
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History
A township formed out of eastern Lower Dublin Township in 1853. Its inhabitants voted at one general election. Its officers were superseded in the next year by consolidation.
Notable people
- Thomas Holme, the first surveyor of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania who developed the first designs for the city of Philadelphia.
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