Swarthmore
Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Swarthmore was originally named Westdale in honor of painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town.
Photo: Ugen64, Public domain.- Type: Town with 6,150 residents
- Description: borough of Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Swarthmore (Pensilvania)”, “Swarthmore Boro”, “Swarthmore, PA”, “Swarthmore, Pennsylvania”, and “Сwартҳморе”
- Postal code: 19081
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wallingford station and Swarthmore station.
Wallingford station
Railway station
Swarthmore station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rose Valley and Delaware Valley.
Rose Valley
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Media
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.Swarthmore
- Categories: borough of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Borough of Swarthmore, Delaware County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.9021° or 39° 54′ 7″ north
Longitude
-75.3499° or 75° 20′ 60″ west
Population
6,150
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Open location code
87F6WM22+R2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Swarthmore” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوارثمور”
- Basque: “Swarthmore”
- Catalan: “Swarthmore”
- Cebuano: “Swarthmore”
- Chechen: “Свортмор”
- Chinese: “斯沃斯莫尔”
- Chinese: “斯沃斯莫爾”
- Czech: “Swarthmore”
- Dutch: “Swarthmore”
- Esperanto: “Swarthmore”
- French: “Swarthmore”
- German: “Swarthmore”
- Gilaki: “سۊارثمؤر (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “سۊارثمؤر”
- Haitian: “Swarthmore, Pennsilvani”
- Haitian: “Swarthmore”
- Hebrew: “סווארת’מור”
- Italian: “Swarthmore”
- Japanese: “スワースモア”
- Ladin: “Swarthmore”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Swarthmore”
- Norwegian: “Swarthmore”
- Portuguese: “Swarthmore”
- Russian: “Свортмор”
- Russian: “Суортмор”
- Serbian: “Свортмор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Swarthmore, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Swarthmore”
- Slovak: “Swarthmore”
- Slovenian: “Swarthmore”
- Spanish: “Swarthmore”
- Swedish: “Swarthmore”
- Tatar: “Свортмор”
- Ukrainian: “Свортмор”
- Urdu: “سوارتھ مور، پنسلوانیا”
- Uzbek: “Swarthmore”
- Vietnamese: “Swarthmore, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Swarthmore”
- Volapük: “Swarthmore”
- Welsh: “Swarthmore”
- “Swarthmore”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wallingford and Pendle Hill.
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