Elkins Park

Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in , United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Townships in the northern suburbs outside of , which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly 7 miles from .
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 6,900 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Elkins Park, PA”, “Elkins Park, Pennsylvania”, “Ogontz”, and “Shoemakertown”
  • Postal code: 19027

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beth Sholom Synagogue and Abington Art Center.

Synagogue
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is a Conservative Jewish synagogue at 8231 Old York Road in Elkins Park, a suburb of , Pennsylvania, United States. The main synagogue building, completed in 1959, was the only Jewish house of worship designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; it consists of a hexagonal base topped by a tetrahedron-shaped pyramidal roof.

Arts center
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is an art center built in 1939, and located in , a northern suburb of , Pennsylvania. The center resides within Alverthorpe Manor and the surrounding 27-acre grounds that were formerly the residence of Lessing J.

Manor estate
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is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the architect Horace Trumbauer for the industrialist Peter A.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jenkintown and Abington Township.

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is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with National Landmarks, an active arts scene, and shops and restaurants. It is approximately 10 miles north of Center City Philadelphia.

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is a township in , United States. It is adjacent to 's northern fringe. The population was 58,502 as of the 2020 census, making it the second most populous township in Montgomery County after .

Neighborhood
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In the mid-1800s, Joseph Wharton, founder of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, owned much of .

Elkins Park

Latitude
40.0771° or 40° 4′ 37″ north
Longitude
-75.1268° or 75° 7′ 37″ west
Population
6,900
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US EIK
Open location code
87G63VGF+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158367304
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5188546
Wiki­data ID
Q5364334
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Elkins Park” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Elkins Park”
  • French: “Elkins Park”
  • Gilaki: “الکینز پارک (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “الکینز پارک”
  • Irish: “Elkins Park”
  • Japanese: “エルキンズ・パーク”
  • Korean: “엘킨스 파크”
  • Ladin: “Elkins Park”
  • Persian: “الکینز پارک، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “الکینز پارک”
  • Polish: “Elkins Park”
  • Turkish: “Elkins Park”

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