Graterford Church
Graterford Church is a church in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Graterford Church is situated nearby to the village Rahns, as well as near Trappe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Speaker’s House and Augustus Lutheran Church.
The Speaker’s House
Museum
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The Speaker's House is a museum located in Trappe, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that preserves the home of Frederick Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The Speaker’s House is situated 1½ miles south of Graterford Church.
Augustus Lutheran Church
Church
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Augustus Lutheran Church is a historic church and Lutheran congregation at 717 West Main Street in Trappe, Pennsylvania. Consecrated in 1745, it is the oldest extant Lutheran church building in the United States. Augustus Lutheran Church is situated 1½ miles southwest of Graterford Church.
State Correctional Institution – Phoenix
Prison
The State Correctional Institution – Phoenix is a state prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with a Collegeville postal address, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. State Correctional Institution – Phoenix is situated 2 miles northeast of Graterford Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rahns and Graterford.
Rahns
Village
Rahns is an unincorporated community along the Perkiomen Creek in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Rahns was founded in 1865 and named for an early settler, George Rahn.
Graterford
Hamlet
Graterford is an unincorporated community in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1756 by Jacob Kreator, a textile weaver, Graterford was originally named Grater's Ford until abbreviated to Graterford by the postal service in the mid-1950s.
Trappe
Village
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Trappe is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,509 at the 2010 census. Augustus Lutheran Church, built in 1743, is the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation. Trappe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Graterford Church.
Graterford Church
- Type: Church
- Category: religion
- Location: Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.21705° or 40° 13′ 1″ northLongitude
-75.45685° or 75° 27′ 25″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
87G66G8V+R7GeoNames ID
5191718
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