Allegheny West
Allegheny West is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is named after its location in the vicinity of Allegheny Avenue on the western side of Broad Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 14,200 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Allegheny West, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. James the Less and Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Church of St. James the Less
Church
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The Church of St. James the Less is a historic Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, that was architecturally influential. As St.
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
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Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree.
Allegheny station
Railway station
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Allegheny station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line located at 22nd Street and Allegheny Avenue in the Swampoodle neighborhood of North Philadelphia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Falls and North Philadelphia.
East Falls
Neighborhood
East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects.
North Philadelphia
Photo: Seeminglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Philadelphia is a large area north of Philadelphia's Center City that includes many neighborhoods such as Northern Liberties, Kensington, Fishtown, Fairmount, the Spring Gardens, Templetown, Nicetown, and Tioga.
Stanton
Neighborhood
North Philadelphia West is a neighborhood that is located in the western central part of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, east of the Schuylkill River. Stanton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Allegheny West.
Allegheny West
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.00845° or 40° 0′ 30″ northLongitude
-75.17796° or 75° 10′ 41″ westPopulation
14,200Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
87G62R5C+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 157553966OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5178081Wikidata ID
Q4731359
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Allegheny West” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Allegheny West”
- French: “Allegheny West”
- Turkish: “Allegheny West”
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