Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Elevation | 236 ft (71.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°19′27″N 75°26′44″W / 40.32417°N 75.44556°WCoordinates: 40°19′27″N 75°26′44″W / 40.32417°N 75.44556°W |
| Area | 9.1 sq mi (23.6 km2) |
| - land | 9.0 sq mi (23 km2) |
| - water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 1.1% |
| Population | 3,299 (2010) |
| Density | 362.5/sq mi (140.0/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 215, 610 |
 Location of Upper Salford Township in Montgomery County
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 Location of Upper Salford Township in Pennsylvania
Location of Upper Salford Township in Pennsylvania
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Upper Salford Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,299 at the 2010 census.
Upper Salford, founded in 1727, is part of the original Salford Township. In 1741, Salford Township split into Marlborough, Upper Salford, Lower Salford, and part of Franconia Township. In 1892, Upper Salford further split into the present day Salford and Upper Salford Townships. The village of Woxall was originally known as Kroppestettel, which in Pennsylvania Dutch means Crow-town. The village was later named Mechanicsville. By the end of the eighteenth century, the town contained a hotel and restaurant, town hall, shoe shop, wheelwright, and 12 homes. The village kept the name Mechanicsville until 1888 when a post office was established. A new name needed to be selected for the post office because another Pennsylvania town had the same name. After much discussion, residents submitted the name Noxall, “Knocks All,” to postal authorities. The name had been read on the side of a bar of a box of soap in the village store. Evidently, they misread the “N” for a “W” and approved the name Woxall for the post office.
The Village of Woxall grew up near the Old Goschenhoppen Church, erected in 1744, where Lutheran and Reformed congregations met. With the arrival of the railroad in 1868, Salfordville, which prospered without railroad or trolley, grew around an old inn. By 1877 it contained a post office, general store, cigar factory, and 19 homes.
The Village of Salfordville was originally situated on a main route between the "upper country" and Philadelphia, from which it was a distant thirty-five miles, and became an early settlement in Montgomery County. This early route was opened in June 1728 and locally passed through Skippack, Lederachsville, and Salfordville on the way to Sumneytown. Along the north-eastern side of Old Skippack Road within the township milestones depicting the distances to Philadelphia may still be seen.
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