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.
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.- Type: Neighborhood with 28,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Holmesburg, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Joseph H. Brown Elementary School and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Frankford Avenue Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.Holmesburg Junction station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mayfair and Upper Holmesburg.
Mayfair
Neighborhood
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.Upper Holmesburg
Neighborhood
Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Winchester Park
Neighborhood
Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Far Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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″ north
Longitude
-75.02616° or 75° 1′ 34″ west
Population
28,000
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
87G62XRF+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Holmesburg” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “費城霍姆斯堡”
- Dutch: “Holmesburg”
- French: “Holmesburg”
- German: “Holmesburg”
- Russian: “Холмсбург”
- Turkish: “Holmesburg”
- Urdu: “ہولمزبرگ، فلاڈیلفیا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Northeast Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mount Zion Baptist Church and Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum & Archive.
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