Wharton
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 49,700 residents
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Wharton, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eliza Butler Kirkbride School and St Nicholas of Tolentine, 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 Nicholas of Tolentine, Philadelphia
Church
Photo: Nick-philly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is a Roman Catholic parish located in the South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Southwark School
School
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Southwark School is a public K-8 school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of Philadelphia Public Schools.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pennsport and Little Saigon.
Pennsport
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
South Philadelphia
Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.
South Philly is a district of Philadelphia. Famous for its Italian heritage and for being featured in the 1970s movie Rocky, South Philly is home to FDR Park and most of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams.
Wharton
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.92678° or 39° 55′ 36″ northLongitude
-75.15712° or 75° 9′ 26″ westPopulation
49,700Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87F6WRGV+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 157609909OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4562193Wikidata ID
Q7990695
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Wharton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wharton”
- French: “Wharton”
- South Azerbaijani: “وارتون، فیلئیدلفیا”
- Turkish: “Wharton”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whitman and Passyunk 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 “Wharton”. Photo: Dave Z, CC BY 2.0.