Somerton, Philadelphia

Somerton
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Bustleton Avenue at the intersection with Byberry Road in Somerton.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia County
City	Philadelphia
Zip code	19116
Area code(s)	Area codes, 215, 267

Somerton is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Red Lion Road on the south, Roosevelt Boulevard on the east, East County Line Road and Poquessing Creek on the north, and the Philadelphia County / Montgomery County line on the west. Somerton is adjacent to the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Bustleton, Normandy, and Byberry, the townships of Bensalem and Lower Southampton in Bucks County, and Lower Moreland Township in Montgomery County. The area is home to a large and fast-growing foreign-born population, most notably of Russian and Indian immigrants.

The United States Postal Service operates the Somerton Finance Station at 665 Hendrix Avenue, however, all mail for the 19116 ZIP code is delivered by the Bustleton Post Office, located at 9925 Bustleton Avenue in Bustleton.

Somerton was originally called Smithfield, a village in Moreland Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Somerton was named for Jacob Sommer, whose family lived in the area for four generations.