Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Wyncote, Pennsylvania | |
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Eastern Daylight Time) | |
ZIP Code | 19095 |
Area code(s) | 215, 267 and 445 |
FIPS code | 42-86744 |
Wyncote is a
Wyncote is bordered by the Cheltenham neighborhoods of
Geography
Wyncote is located at 40°5′34″N 75°8′33″W / 40.09278°N 75.14250°W. [3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wyncote has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of which is land.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1990 | 2,960 | — | |
2000 | 3,046 | 2.9% | |
2010 | 3,044 | −0.1% | |
2020 | 3,081 | 1.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[4] |
As of the
There were 1,057 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 32.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 75.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $77,043, and the median income for a family was $91,217. Males had a median income of $60,592 versus $41,458 for females. The
Notable people
- Eddie Applegate, actor
- All-American football player at Penn State
- Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, longtime publisher of The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal, as well as other magazines and newspapers
- Marian Filar (1917–2012), Polish-born American-based concert pianist and virtuoso
- Hall of Famebaseball player; born and lived in Wyncote through high school
- George Horace Lorimer, author and longtime editor of the Saturday Evening Post
- Bernie Lowe, founder of Cameo Records.
- John Charles Martin, newspaper publisher
- Yonatan Netanyahu (1946–1976), Israeli soldier and Entebbe rescue commander; brother of Benjamin Netanyahu; attended Cheltenham High School
- Benjamin Netanyahu, currently serves his second term as Israeli prime minister, lived in township during high school
- Iddo Netanyahu, Israeli physician, author, playwright, brother of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yonatan Netanyahu
- Ezra Pound, poet; grew up in Wyncote
Wyncote Historic District
Wyncote Historic District | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates | 40°5′23″N 75°8′33″W / 40.08972°N 75.14250°W |
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Area | 108 acres (44 ha) |
Built | 1865 |
Architect | Frank Furness, et al. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 86002884[6] |
Added to NRHP | October 16, 1986 |
Wyncote features the Wyncote Historic District which is a US Historic district, added in October, 1986. It was made a historic district for its Architecture, Community Planning, and Development. The district covers over 100 acres, and 178 contributing buildings.
The Wyncote Historic District has a number of restored
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Historic Home
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Street Sign showing the Wyncote Historic District sign on the post
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Historic Home
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Shop in Wyncote along Greenwood Avenue
Transportation
Public transit
Wyncote is served by
Roads
Wyncote is in a convenient location driving-wise; about a 25-minute drive to downtown Philadelphia, 2 hours from New York City, 2 hours to the Pocono Mountains, and 1.5 hours to the Jersey Shore, just to name a few accessible locations. The following are the most heavily traveled roads in Wyncote:
- PA 73 provides a thruway for Wyncote, Cheltenham Township, and Montgomery County as a whole.
- PA 309 has its beginnings with the intersection of PA 611, and continues up through Wyncote. It provides a key route to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- PA 152 also known as Limekiln Pike, connects PA 309 and PA 73 in Wyncote.
Climate
Wyncote has the climate of a typical Mid-Atlantic town. Summers are hot with highs averaging in the high 80s (°F), with lows being anywhere from the high 60s to the low 80s. Summers also see some days climb into the 90s, and even some that top the 100-degree mark. Spring and Fall are pleasant, with highs averaging in the mid 60s, and lows in the mid 40s. Winters are cold, with highs averaging around 40, and lows averaging in the high teens. The middle of winter occasionally sees a few days where highs do not rise above the teens, and lows fall into the single digits. The following is a chart of the average temperatures in Wyncote[7]
Climate data for Wyncote, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F | 73 | 73 | 88 | 95 | 96 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 98 | 88 | 82 | 76 | 102 |
Mean daily maximum °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 62.6 |
Mean daily minimum °F | 18 | 22 | 32 | 41 | 51 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 43 | 34 | 23 | 42.8 |
Record low °F | −11 | −3 | −1 | 16 | 32 | 34 | 45 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 11 | −10 | −11 |
Average precipitation inches | 3.44 | 3.01 | 4.32 | 4.12 | 4.37 | 4.60 | 5.05 | 3.98 | 4.53 | 3.82 | 3.94 | 4.23 | 49.41 |
Record high °C | 23 | 23 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 39 |
Mean daily maximum °C | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 17.0 |
Mean daily minimum °C | −8 | −6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | −5 | 6.0 |
Record low °C | −24 | −19 | −18 | −9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | −1 | −7 | −12 | −23 | −24 |
Average precipitation mm | 87 | 76 | 110 | 105 | 111 | 117 | 128 | 101 | 115 | 97 | 100 | 107 | 1,255 |
Source: The Weather Channel "The Weather Channel". The Weather Channel. Retrieved October 1, 2011. |
Points of interest
- Curtis Arboretum
- Thomas Williams Park
Schools
- Ancillae Assumpta Academy
- Wyncote Elementary School
- Cedarbrook Middle School
- Cheltenham High School
- Wyncote Academy
- Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism
- Arcadia University
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Wyncote, PA (19095) Monthly Weather Forecast - weather.com".
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