Upper Roxborough
Upper Roxborough is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania and has about 10,700 residents. Upper Roxborough is situated nearby to the locality Manatawna, as well as near the neighborhood Dearnley Park.- Type: Neighborhood with 10,700 residents
- Description: populated place in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Upper Roxborough, PA” and “Upper Roxborough, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Andorra Branch Library and Shawmont station.
Shawmont station
Railway station
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Shawmont is a former train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Nixon Street in the Roxborough section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia.
Upper Roxborough Historic District
Waterworks
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Upper Roxborough Historic District is a national historic district located in Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andorra and Miquon.
Andorra
Neighborhood
Andorra is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, which is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Andorra is a part of Roxborough, being within the borders of the original Roxborough Township and having the same ZIP Code, 19128.
Miquon
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Miquon is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located partly in Whitemarsh Township and partly in Springfield Township, it lies between the Roxborough section of Philadelphia and the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh Township.
Manayunk
Neighborhood
Photo: Dasprevailz, Public domain.
Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Wissahickon and also on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States. Manayunk is situated 2 miles southeast of Upper Roxborough.
Upper Roxborough
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.05805° or 40° 3′ 29″ northLongitude
-75.24101° or 75° 14′ 28″ westPopulation
10,700Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)Open location code
87G63Q55+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 158630310OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5216892Wikidata ID
Q122568284
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