Hog Island
Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Hog Island, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philadelphia International Airport and Fort Mifflin.
Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport, ☏ +1-800-PHL-GATE is the main airport serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the surrounding Delaware Valley. It is the largest commercial airport in the state of Pennsylvania.
Fort Mifflin
Museum
Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport.
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tinicum Island Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located in the Billingsport section of Paulsboro in Gloucester County, New Jersey, the rear of a pair of range lights marking a section of the channel in the Delaware River south of Philadelphia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tinicum Township and Gibbstown.
Tinicum Township
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Tinicum Township, also known as Tinicum Island or The Island, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,091 at the 2010 census, down from 4,353 at the 2000 census.
Gibbstown
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Gibbstown is a small town of about 4,000 people in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Once a sleepy town surrounded by farmlands. Many Italian immigrants Enjoyed the climate and felt at home here.
West Deptford Township
Town
Photo: Ton2cats, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Deptford Township is a township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,197, an increase of 520 from the 2010 census count of 21,677, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,309 from the 19,368 counted in the 2000 census.
Hog Island
- Categories: neighborhood, locality, and landform
- Location: Delaware County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.8657° or 39° 51′ 56″ northLongitude
-75.2332° or 75° 13′ 60″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87F6VQ88+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 357290930OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandWikidata ID
Q5876958
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Hog Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hog Island”
- French: “Hog Island”
- Japanese: “ホグ島”
- Turkish: “Hog Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Delaware Company 78 Fire Station and Berth A.
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