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503:Sections and
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202:Pennsylvania
182:Philadelphia
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165:Area code(s)
158:Philadelphia
148:Philadelphia
138:Pennsylvania
1711:Kingsessing
1643:Moyamensing
1499:River Wards
1449:Modena Park
1403:Wissinoming
1269:Beggarstown
1253:Wissahickon
1169:Feltonville
1098:Upper North
1033:N3RD Street
988:Brewerytown
970:Lower North
936:Walnut Hill
916:Spruce Hill
851:Cobbs Creek
788:Kingsessing
740:Wilson Park
685:Packer Park
675:Moyamensing
640:Grays Ferry
600:Bella Vista
514:Center City
103: /
1779:Categories
1746:Roxborough
1706:Germantown
1638:Kensington
1600:Germantown
1590:Bridesburg
1522:Kensington
1517:Harrowgate
1507:Bridesburg
1479:Torresdale
1388:Rhawnhurst
1358:Holmesburg
1294:Mount Airy
1284:Germantown
1274:Cedarbrook
1248:Roxborough
1233:East Falls
1141:Swampoodle
993:Callowhill
946:Wynnefield
881:Mill Creek
866:Haddington
846:Cedar Park
783:Hog Island
625:Fabric Row
346:References
310:Recreation
250:Boundaries
190:Germantown
91:75°08′46″W
88:40°03′25″N
1759:Footnotes
1678:Townships
1663:Southwark
1625:Districts
1615:Whitehall
1595:Frankford
1469:Pennypack
1444:Millbrook
1429:Bustleton
1348:Frankford
1343:Fox Chase
1313:Northeast
1213:Northwest
1179:Koreatown
1174:Fern Rock
1063:Sharswood
1018:Hartranft
1008:Fairmount
886:Overbrook
768:Clearview
750:Southwest
710:Southwark
695:Pennsport
650:Hawthorne
645:Greenwich
532:Chinatown
283:Education
1736:Passyunk
1721:Moreland
1701:Delaware
1686:Blockley
1658:Richmond
1605:Manayunk
1585:Aramingo
1577:Boroughs
1512:Fishtown
1474:Somerton
1464:Parkwood
1459:Normandy
1368:Lawndale
1328:Burholme
1243:Parkland
1238:Manayunk
1121:Glenwood
1111:Badlands
1088:Yorktown
1023:Ivy Hill
983:Belfield
978:Badlands
901:Parkside
798:Paschall
773:Eastwick
630:FDR Park
557:Old City
318:See also
1696:Byberry
1691:Bristol
1633:Belmont
1434:Byberry
1378:Mayfair
1363:Juniata
1228:Andorra
1078:Stanton
735:Whitman
730:Wharton
680:Newbold
208:History
188:, East
116:Country
1731:Oxford
1559:Cities
1549:Former
1398:Tacony
1299:Wister
1289:Morton
1189:Ogontz
1058:Poplar
1028:Ludlow
876:Mantua
856:Dunlap
758:Angora
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238:, and
222:US 309
196:, and
144:County
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69:Ogontz
23:Ogontz
1763:As a
1393:Ryers
1194:Olney
1184:Logan
961:North
592:South
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194:Logan
134:State
1741:Penn
1653:Penn
813:West
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