Holmesburg
Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 28,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Holmesburg, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Joseph H. Brown Elementary School and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
School
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to eighth grade.
Frankford Avenue Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.
The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States.
Holmesburg Junction station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mayfair and Upper Holmesburg.
Mayfair
Neighborhood
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.
Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues.
Upper Holmesburg
Neighborhood
Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Delaware River and Pennypack Creek, from Frankford Avenue to Willits Road.
Winchester Park
Neighborhood
Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Far Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the vicinity of Pennypack Park, north and west of Holmesburg.
Holmesburg
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.0413° or 40° 2′ 29″ northLongitude
-75.02616° or 75° 1′ 34″ westPopulation
28,000Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
87G62XRF+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 158636445OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5193955Wikidata ID
Q1625018
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Holmesburg” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “費城霍姆斯堡”
- Dutch: “Holmesburg”
- French: “Holmesburg”
- German: “Holmesburg”
- Turkish: “Holmesburg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Harrisburg and Holme Circle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Zion Baptist Church and Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum & Archive.
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