Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fox Chase
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Fox Chase United Methodist Church Loney & Fillmore Streets
Country	United States of America
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia
Neighborhood	Philadelphia
Incorporated	1854
Area
• Total	7.3 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	20,069
• Density	2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
Area code(s)	Area code 215

Coordinates: 40°04′52″N 75°04′52″W / 40.081°N 75.081°W / 40.081; -75.081

Fox Chase is a neighborhood in the Northeast Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The origin of the name is the Fox Chase Inn, which opened in 1705.

The area grew with the building of the Fox Chase and Huntingdon Turnpikes in 1848. It also catered to the affluent who wanted to hunt fox, thus the name "Fox Chase."

Fox Chase was originally part of Lower Dublin Township, also known as Dublin Township, a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

Philadelphia’s elite once flocked to opulent vacation homes built in the lush fringes bordering the city. The area's character changed with the arrival of the railroad in 1876. Many of Philadelphia's began to discover the attractiveness of suburban living, and built mansions here, using the railroad for convenient transport into the city.

Fox Chase was the setting for one of America's longest running cold cases. In February 1957, the battered body of a small boy was found in a cardboard box off in the woods off Susquehanna Road. Investigators were mystified and have never been able to determine his identity. Nicknamed "The Boy in the Box", "America's Unknown Child", and sometimes "The Fox Chase Boy", his case remains open.