Bala Cynwyd
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Township | Lower Merion |
| Elevation | 302 ft (92.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°00′27″N 75°14′03″W / 40.00750°N 75.23417°WCoordinates: 40°00′27″N 75°14′03″W / 40.00750°N 75.23417°W |
| Settled | 1682 |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip code | 19004 |
| Area code | 610, 484 |
 Location of Bala Cynwyd in Pennsylvania
Location of Bala Cynwyd in Pennsylvania
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Bala Cynwyd (pronunciation: /ˈbælə ˈkɪnwʊd/ BAL-ə-KIN-wuud) is a community in Lower Merion Township which is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1 (City Avenue). It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community. This came about when a single US Post Office served both towns (the "Bala Cynwyd" Branch) using ZIP code 19004. Bala and Cynwyd are currently served by separate stations on SEPTA's Cynwyd Line of Regional Rail.
Bala Cynwyd lies in the Welsh Tract of Pennsylvania and was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quakers, who named it after the town of Bala and the village of Cynwyd in Wales. A mixed residential community made up predominantly of single-family detached homes, it extends west of the Philadelphia city limits represented by City Line Avenue from Old Lancaster Road at 54th Street west to Meeting House Lane and then along Manayunk and Conshohocken State Roads north to Mary Watersford Road, then east along Belmont Avenue back to City Line. This large residential district contains some of Lower Merion's oldest and finest stone mansions, built mainly from 1880 through the 1920s and located in the sycamore-lined district between Montgomery Avenue and Levering Mill Road, as well as split level tract houses built east of Manayunk Road just after World War II.
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