Wister
Wister is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded by Chelten Avenue to the north, Germantown Avenue to the west, Belfield Avenue to the east, and Wister Street to the south.- Neighborhood with about 4,320 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 190 feet (60 metres)
- …is also known as “Wister, Philadelphia”
- Description: human settlement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Places of Interest
Discover Grumblethorpe and Conyngham-Hacker House.
Grumblethorpe
Museum
Grumblethorpe was the home of the Wister family in the…
Conyngham-Hacker House
The Conyngham-Hacker House is a historic house in the…
Howell House
The Howell House is a historic house in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Nicetown–Tioga.
Germantown
Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Wister
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Latitude
40.03324° or 40° 1′ 60″ north
Longitude
-75.1649° or 75° 9′ 54″ west
Open location code
87G62RMP+72
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = neighbourhood
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Wister” goes by many names.
WisterDutch
ВистерRussian
ویستر، فیلئیدلفیاSouth Azerbaijani
WisterTurkish
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