Horsham, PA
| Horsham Township | |
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| Home Rule Municipality | |
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 Location of Horsham Township in Montgomery County |
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 Horsham Township
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| Coordinates: 40°11′57″N 75°09′59″W / 40.19917°N 75.16639°WCoordinates: 40°11′57″N 75°09′59″W / 40.19917°N 75.16639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Settled | 1681 |
| Established | 1717 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.32 sq mi (44.86 km2) |
| • Land | 17.32 sq mi (44.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 262 ft (80 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 26,147 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 26,645 |
| • Density | 1,538.22/sq mi (593.92/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 18914, 19002, 19040, 19044, 19454 |
| Area code(s) | 215 and 267 |
| FIPS code | 42-091-35808 |
| Website | www |
Horsham Township is a home rule municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 miles north of downtown Philadelphia. The township, incorporated in 1717, is one of the oldest original municipalities in Montgomery County. Although it retains the word "Township" in its official name, it has been governed by a Home Rule Charter since 1975 and is therefore not subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code. The population was 26,147 at the 2010 census.
Horsham Township is made up of several community areas including Horsham (19044) and portions of the Hatboro (19040), Ambler (19002), Chalfont (18914) and North Wales (19454) ZIP codes.
Horsham Township is named after the town of Horsham in Sussex in the South of England. Horsham is one of several townships in Montgomery County whose name and size were determined by master survey lines drawn by William Penn's engineers as they first plotted this part of the colony for sale and settlement. Parallel lines, projected at intervals of a mile and a half and extending in a northwesterly direction from settlements along the Delaware, served not only as base lines for measurement of individual land grants but also as courses for future highways. County Line Road, Horsham Road, and Welsh Road are examples of highways so laid out. The effect of these survey lines upon the development pattern of Eastern Montgomery County is very much in evidence today.
In 1684, the entire township of 17 square miles (44 km2) was made available to individual purchasers. Samuel Carpenter, from the town of Horsham in Sussex, England, after which the township is named, purchased 5,000 acres (20 km2), 4,200 acres (17 km2) within the present boundaries of the township. In 1709, Carpenter, then Treasurer of Pennsylvania, began to sell tracts of land to migrating Quakers. In 1717, Horsham Township was established as a municipal entity by a vote of the people.
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