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prior to the turn of the 20th century. Much of it was bought up by the Wentz Family of Olney after the 1854 consolidation act. Other land owners included the Fords, the Drakes, the Wolfs, the Brous, the
Passmores, the Fesmiers, the Gillhams, the Atwoods, the Unruhs, the Woodfalls, and the Pierce
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Reading Railroad Maps dating back to the late 19th century. Prior to that, the community was referred to as Marburg, with its central "business area" around the
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81:Coordinates:
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1576:Lower Dublin
1314:Morrell Park
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1213:Holme Circle
986:Hunting Park
928:South Lehigh
873:Francisville
721:Garden Court
691:Carroll Park
653:Mount Moriah
638:Elmwood Park
560:Point Breeze
437:South Street
432:Society Hill
412:Logan Square
387:Broad Street
363:Sections and
348:Philadelphia
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186:Pennsylvania
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165:Area code(s)
158:Philadelphia
138:Pennsylvania
1571:Kingsessing
1503:Moyamensing
1359:River Wards
1309:Modena Park
1263:Wissinoming
1129:Beggarstown
1113:Wissahickon
1029:Feltonville
958:Upper North
893:N3RD Street
848:Brewerytown
830:Lower North
796:Walnut Hill
776:Spruce Hill
711:Cobbs Creek
648:Kingsessing
600:Wilson Park
545:Packer Park
535:Moyamensing
500:Grays Ferry
460:Bella Vista
374:Center City
103: /
1639:Categories
1606:Roxborough
1566:Germantown
1498:Kensington
1460:Germantown
1450:Bridesburg
1382:Kensington
1377:Harrowgate
1367:Bridesburg
1339:Torresdale
1248:Rhawnhurst
1218:Holmesburg
1154:Mount Airy
1144:Germantown
1134:Cedarbrook
1108:Roxborough
1093:East Falls
1001:Swampoodle
853:Callowhill
806:Wynnefield
741:Mill Creek
726:Haddington
706:Cedar Park
643:Hog Island
485:Fabric Row
281:2010-07-05
261:References
205:Families.
91:75°05′28″W
88:40°03′00″N
1619:Footnotes
1538:Townships
1523:Southwark
1485:Districts
1475:Whitehall
1455:Frankford
1329:Pennypack
1304:Millbrook
1289:Bustleton
1208:Frankford
1203:Fox Chase
1173:Northeast
1073:Northwest
1039:Koreatown
1034:Fern Rock
923:Sharswood
878:Hartranft
868:Fairmount
746:Overbrook
628:Clearview
610:Southwest
570:Southwark
555:Pennsport
510:Hawthorne
505:Greenwich
392:Chinatown
1596:Passyunk
1581:Moreland
1561:Delaware
1546:Blockley
1518:Richmond
1465:Manayunk
1445:Aramingo
1437:Boroughs
1372:Fishtown
1334:Somerton
1324:Parkwood
1319:Normandy
1228:Lawndale
1188:Burholme
1103:Parkland
1098:Manayunk
981:Glenwood
971:Badlands
948:Yorktown
883:Ivy Hill
843:Belfield
838:Badlands
761:Parkside
658:Paschall
633:Eastwick
490:FDR Park
417:Old City
178:Lawndale
69:Lawndale
23:Lawndale
1556:Byberry
1551:Bristol
1493:Belmont
1294:Byberry
1238:Mayfair
1223:Juniata
1088:Andorra
938:Stanton
595:Whitman
590:Wharton
540:Newbold
116:Country
1591:Oxford
1419:Cities
1409:Former
1258:Tacony
1159:Wister
1149:Morton
1049:Ogontz
918:Poplar
888:Ludlow
736:Mantua
716:Dunlap
618:Angora
190:Oxford
144:County
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1623:As a
1253:Ryers
1054:Olney
1044:Logan
821:North
452:South
134:State
1601:Penn
1513:Penn
673:West
154:City
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