Holmesburg
Holmesburg is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It began as a village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, and was named in honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, a cartographer who devised the street plan for central Philadelphia.
Coemgenus, Public domain.- Neighborhood with about 28,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 feet (30 metres)
- …is also known as “Holmesburg, Philadelphia”
- Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Places of Interest
Discover Joseph H. Brown Elementary School and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School
School
Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary…
Frankford Avenue Bridge
The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the…
Holmesburg Junction station
Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Neighborhoods in the Area
Discover Mayfair and Upper Holmesburg.
Upper Holmesburg
Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Winchester Park
Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Far Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Holmesburg
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Latitude
40.0413° or 40° 2′ 29″ north
Longitude
-75.02616° or 75° 1′ 34″ west
Open location code
87G62XRF+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = neighbourhood
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Holmesburg” goes by many names.
費城霍姆斯堡Chinese
HolmesburgDutch
ХолмсбургRussian
HolmesburgTurkish
ہولمزبرگ، فلاڈیلفیاUrdu
Localities in the Area
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