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Harrowgate, Philadelphia

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The neighborhood currently has rapidly growing Hispanic and black populations, and a declining white population. It is also divided by Kensington Avenue, with the area southeast of Kensington going towards Aramingo Avenue being predominantly white, with growing Hispanic and Black populations, and the
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As of the 2010 Census, Harrowgate was 48.5% Hispanic, 34.5% non Hispanic white, 10% black, 4.1% Asian, and 2.9% all other. Today, Harrowgate is primarily a low-income neighborhood largely populated by Puerto Ricans but also has significant Polish, Irish, Dominican, African American, and West Indian
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veteran, when he discovered springs in the vicinity of what is now Kensington Ave. and Tioga St., now the site of Harrowgate Square, a park covering one city block. The spring water was pronounced healthful by Dr.
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was built in 1746. The Morris family donated the house to the city in 1926, and it was moved, stone by stone, with much of the original furniture, to west
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Historically, Harrowgate was a working-class community whose residents could trace their ancestry to England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
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area northwest of Kensington going towards Front Street being almost entirely populated by Hispanics and to a lesser extent Blacks.
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Nearby was Cedar Grove, country estate of the Paschall and Morris families. The first section of the
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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in England. The spring dried up about 1800, but the town flourished.
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Harrowgate was founded in 1784 by Capt. George Esterly, a
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Harrowgate is located in Philadelphia
39°59′53″N 75°06′18″W / 39.998°N 75.105°W / 39.998; -75.105
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia
Area code(s)
215, 267, and 445
neighborhood
River Wards
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Kensington
Feltonville
Juniata
Frankford
Fairhill
West Kensington
Kensington
Port Richmond
Bridesburg
Revolutionary War
Benjamin Rush
Harrogate
modest mansion
Fairmount Park
Harrogate
"'Where's Harrowgate?' A Philadelphia neighborhood tries to reclaim its name"
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