Southwest Schuylkill
Kingsessing is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. On the west side of the Schuylkill River, it is next to the neighborhoods of Cedar Park and Elmwood Park, as well as the borough of Yeadon in Delaware County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
- Type: Neighborhood with 8,670 residents
- Description: human settlement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Southwest Schuylkill, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church and Dickens and Little Nell.
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church
Church
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Dickens and Little Nell
Work of art
Dickens and Little Nell is a bronze sculpture by Francis Edwin Elwell that stands in Clark Park in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. The sculpture depicts the 19th-century British author Charles Dickens and Nell Trent, a character from his 1840–41 novel The Old Curiosity Shop.
49th Street station
Railway station
49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Wawa Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spruce Hill and Cedar Park.
Spruce Hill
Neighborhood
Spruce Hill is a neighborhood in the University City section of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated between 38th and 46th streets and stretches from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue.
Cedar Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Evrik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cedar Park is a neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the larger West Philadelphia district, it stretches north to Larchwood Avenue, south to Kingsessing Avenue, east to 46th Street, and west to 52nd Street.
University City
Neighborhood
Photo: Veldtkitty40, CC BY-SA 3.0.
University City is the easternmost portion of West Philadelphia, encompassing several Philadelphia universities. It is situated directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City.
Southwest Schuylkill
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.94532° or 39° 56′ 43″ northLongitude
-75.20968° or 75° 12′ 35″ westPopulation
8,670Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
87F6WQWR+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 157634728OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4561375Wikidata ID
Q7571352
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Southwest Schuylkill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Southwest Schuylkill”
- Turkish: “Southwest Schuylkill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grays Ferry and Kingsessing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 46th Street Baptist Church and Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy.
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