Blockley Township, Pennsylvania
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 A reference to the former name of the community
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia |
| Coordinates | 39°58′30″N 75°13′50″W / 39.97500°N 75.23056°WCoordinates: 39°58′30″N 75°13′50″W / 39.97500°N 75.23056°W |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 215 |
 Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Blockley Township before the Act of Consolidation, 1854
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 Location of Blockley Township in Pennsylvania
Location of Blockley Township in Pennsylvania
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Blockley Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Incorporated in 1704, the township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia under the 1854 Act of Consolidation.
An irregularly shaped area of 7,580 acres (31 km²), Blockley Township was located on the west side of the Schuylkill River, north of Kingsessing Township; bounded on the east by the Schuylkill; extending south from the county line, opposite to, but a little below, the mouth of the Wissahickon, down to the Nanganesy or Mill Creek, below the Woodlands; then by the same creek up to Chadd’s Ford Turnpike, known in later years as the Baltimore Pike; along the same to Cobb’s Creek; then by the courses of the same to the county line adjoining Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, and along the same to the Schuylkill River.
Within its boundaries were the villages of Hamilton, Mantua, West Philadelphia, Hestonville and Haddington.
It was traversed by the Darby Road (today's Woodland Avenue) and Chadd’s Ford or Baltimore Pike, the road to West Chester, to Haverford and to Lancaster.
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