Rahns
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Rahns, PA” and “Rahns, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
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.
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 west of Rahns.
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 2½ miles northeast of Rahns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graterford and Trappe.
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.
Collegeville
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Collegeville is a city in Montgomery County in Southeastern Pennsylvania about 30 miles from Philadelphia. The large borough is made up mostly of residential neighborhoods, privately owned restaurants, and a small strip of shops.
Rahns
Latitude
40.20927° or 40° 12′ 33″ northLongitude
-75.45296° or 75° 27′ 11″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)United Nations Location Code
US RHNOpen location code
87G66G5W+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 157561740OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5207504Wikidata ID
Q7283552
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Rahns” goes by many names.
- French: “Rahns”
- Turkish: “Rahns”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Iron Bridge Estates and Perkiomen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Iron Bridge Chapel and Perkiomen Trail Rahns Trailhead.
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