Philadelphia Region
Montgomery County
Borough of Trappe

Trappe

Trappe is a borough in , United States. The population was 3,509 at the 2010 census. , built in 1743, is the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation.
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  • Type: Village with 3,380 residents
  • Description: borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Trappe, PA” and “Trappe, Pennsylvania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Augustus Lutheran Church and The Speaker’s House.

Church
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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.

Museum
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Speaker's House is a located in Trappe, in that preserves the home of Frederick Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Retail building
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Lane's Hotel, is a historic, American hotel complex that is located adjacent to the in , . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. is situated 2 miles southeast of Trappe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rahns and Collegeville.

Village
is an unincorporated community along the in Perkiomen Township, , . was founded in 1865 and named for an early settler, George Rahn.

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is a city in in Southeastern about 30 miles from Philadelphia. The large borough is made up mostly of residential neighborhoods, privately owned restaurants, and a small strip of shops.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Perkiomen Township, , , United States. Founded in 1756 by Jacob Kreator, a textile weaver, was originally named Grater's Ford until abbreviated to by the postal service in the mid-1950s. is situated 2 miles northeast of Trappe.

Trappe

Latitude
40.19969° or 40° 11′ 59″ north
Longitude
-75.47791° or 75° 28′ 41″ west
Population
3,380
Elevation
289 feet (88 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TP4
Open location code
87G65GXC+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158567046
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5215947
Wiki­data ID
Q1185934
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Trappe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ترابي”
  • Basque: “Trappe”
  • Bulgarian: “Трап”
  • Cebuano: “Trappe”
  • Chechen: “Трапп”
  • Chinese: “Trappe”
  • Czech: “Trappe”
  • Danish: “Trappe”
  • Dutch: “Trappe”
  • French: “Trappe”
  • German: “Trappe”
  • Gilaki: “ترپ (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ترپ”
  • Haitian: “Trappe, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Trappe”
  • Hebrew: “טראפה”
  • Hungarian: “Trappe”
  • Italian: “Trappe”
  • Ladin: “Trappe”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Trappe”
  • Polish: “Trappe”
  • Portuguese: “Trappe”
  • Romanian: “Trappe, Pennsylvania”
  • Romanian: “Trappe”
  • Russian: “Трапп”
  • Serbian: “Трап”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trappe, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trappe”
  • Silesian: “Trappe (Pynsylwańijo)”
  • Silesian: “Trappe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تراپ، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Trappe”
  • Swedish: “Trappe, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Trappe”
  • Tatar: “Трапп”
  • Turkish: “Trappe”
  • Ukrainian: “Трапп”
  • Uzbek: “Trappe”
  • Uzbek: “Траппе”
  • Vietnamese: “Trappe, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Trappe”
  • Volapük: “Trappe”
  • Welsh: “Trappe, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Trappe”

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Highlights include Borough Hall and Borough Hall Park.

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