East Falls
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.- Type: Neighborhood with 9,630 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “East Falls, Philadelphia” and “Falls of Schuylkill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include McMichael Park and Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library.
Paul J. Gutman Library
Library
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0.
The Paul J. Gutman Library is the main library of Thomas Jefferson University, which is located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allegheny West and Wissahickon.
Allegheny West
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Wissahickon
Neighborhood
Photo: Kmdevoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk, and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.
Germantown
Neighborhood
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854.
East Falls
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.0176° or 40° 1′ 3″ northLongitude
-75.18929° or 75° 11′ 21″ westPopulation
9,630Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
87G62R96+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 158530242OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5187905Wikidata ID
Q5328331
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“East Falls” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “East Falls”
- French: “East Falls”
- Japanese: “イーストフォールズ”
- Turkish: “East Falls”
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