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In 1816, the greatest length of Moyamensing was estimated to be three miles; the greatest breadth, two miles; area, 2,560 acres (10 km). By act of March 24, 1812, the inhabitants of Moyamensing were incorporated by the style of "the commissioners and inhabitants of the township of Moyamensing"
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and they even had their own police force. By act of April 4, 1831, the township was divided into East and West Moyamensing. The township was one of the earliest created after the settlement of Pennsylvania, and became part of Philadelphia in 1854.
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to Marten Roseman (aka Marten Cleinsmit), William Stille and Lawrence Andries, and a 1680 survey identified the nearby swampy area as Moyamensic Marsh. In 1684, when the land was turned over from the
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and below the existing parts of Southwark; its eastern boundary was the Delaware River, and its western boundary was Schuylkill Sixth (Seventeenth Street).
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land, and while one popular explanation given for the name Moyamensing is "place of pigeon droppings," linguist
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was built between 1822 and 1835 at Reed and 10th Streets. A portion of it also housed a
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Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854
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Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683-1854
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Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854
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A tract identified by the stream Moyamensink Kill was granted in 1664 by the
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during British colonial rule on the fast land of the Neck, lying between
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to William Stille, Lassey Andrews, Andrew Bankson and John Matson.
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Moyamensing is located in Pennsylvania
Moyamensing Township, Pennsylvania
Moyamensing is located in the United States
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