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914:South Lehigh
859:Francisville
707:Garden Court
677:Carroll Park
639:Mount Moriah
624:Elmwood Park
546:Point Breeze
423:South Street
418:Society Hill
398:Logan Square
373:Broad Street
349:Sections and
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118:Pennsylvania
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1489:Moyamensing
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1295:Modena Park
1249:Wissinoming
1115:Beggarstown
1099:Wissahickon
1015:Feltonville
944:Upper North
879:N3RD Street
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816:Lower North
782:Walnut Hill
762:Spruce Hill
697:Cobbs Creek
634:Kingsessing
586:Wilson Park
531:Packer Park
521:Moyamensing
486:Grays Ferry
446:Bella Vista
360:Center City
293:Dripps, M.
268:Information
237:Wissinoming
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1625:Categories
1592:Roxborough
1552:Germantown
1484:Kensington
1446:Germantown
1436:Bridesburg
1368:Kensington
1363:Harrowgate
1353:Bridesburg
1325:Torresdale
1234:Rhawnhurst
1204:Holmesburg
1140:Mount Airy
1130:Germantown
1120:Cedarbrook
1094:Roxborough
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987:Swampoodle
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792:Wynnefield
727:Mill Creek
712:Haddington
692:Cedar Park
629:Hog Island
471:Fabric Row
172:Area codes
82:75°04′47″W
79:40°01′24″N
1605:Footnotes
1524:Townships
1509:Southwark
1471:Districts
1461:Whitehall
1441:Frankford
1315:Pennypack
1290:Millbrook
1275:Bustleton
1194:Frankford
1189:Fox Chase
1159:Northeast
1059:Northwest
1025:Koreatown
1020:Fern Rock
909:Sharswood
864:Hartranft
854:Fairmount
732:Overbrook
614:Clearview
596:Southwest
556:Southwark
541:Pennsport
496:Hawthorne
491:Greenwich
378:Chinatown
243:Resources
229:Whitehall
225:Frankford
134:Time zone
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1567:Moreland
1547:Delaware
1532:Blockley
1504:Richmond
1451:Manayunk
1431:Aramingo
1423:Boroughs
1358:Fishtown
1320:Somerton
1310:Parkwood
1305:Normandy
1214:Lawndale
1174:Burholme
1089:Parkland
1084:Manayunk
967:Glenwood
957:Badlands
934:Yorktown
869:Ivy Hill
829:Belfield
824:Badlands
747:Parkside
644:Paschall
619:Eastwick
476:FDR Park
403:Old City
189:township
1542:Byberry
1537:Bristol
1479:Belmont
1280:Byberry
1224:Mayfair
1209:Juniata
1074:Andorra
924:Stanton
581:Whitman
576:Wharton
526:Newbold
207:History
107:Country
59:Map of
1577:Oxford
1405:Cities
1395:Former
1244:Tacony
1145:Wister
1135:Morton
1035:Ogontz
904:Poplar
874:Ludlow
722:Mantua
702:Dunlap
604:Angora
233:Tacony
187:was a
123:County
1609:As a
1239:Ryers
1040:Olney
1030:Logan
807:North
438:South
160:UTC-4
139:UTC-5
115:State
24:; or
1587:Penn
1499:Penn
659:West
191:in
164:EDT
153:DST
143:EST
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