Pennsport
Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsport is home to a large working-class Irish American population, many of them descendants of immigrants from the mid to late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 26,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Pennsport, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eliza Butler Kirkbride School and St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia).
Eliza Butler Kirkbride School
Historic building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Eliza Butler Kirkbride School is a K–8 school located in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)
Church
Photo: Nick-philly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
USS New Jersey
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She was often referred to fondly as "Big J".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wharton and Little Saigon.
Wharton
Neighborhood
Wharton is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are difficult to ascertain; the City of Philadelphia states it is along Wharton Street, west of Pennsport, and east of Point Breeze.
Little Saigon
Neighborhood
Photo: Minormadam, CC BY 3.0.
One of the largest Vietnamese neighborhoods in the United States is Philadelphia's Little Saigon, located in Passyunk Square, a neighborhood in South Philadelphia.
Whitman
Neighborhood
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Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue.
Pennsport
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.92761° or 39° 55′ 39″ northLongitude
-75.15046° or 75° 9′ 2″ westPopulation
26,000Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87F6WRHX+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 157638819OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4560303Wikidata ID
Q7163520
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Satellite Map
Discover Pennsport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Pennsport” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Pennsport, Philadelphia”
- Chinese: “Pennsport”
- Czech: “Pennsport, Philadelphia”
- Czech: “Pennsport”
- Dutch: “Pennsport”
- French: “Pennsport, Philadelphie”
- French: “Pennsport”
- German: “Pennsport, Philadelphia”
- German: “Pennsport”
- Spanish: “Pennsport, Filadelfia”
- Spanish: “Pennsport, Philadelphia”
- Spanish: “Pennsport”
- Turkish: “Pennsport”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Queen Village and Passyunk Square.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dickinson Square Park Farmers‘ Market and Dickinson Square.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pennsport”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.