Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County
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The Upper Darby Township is ( despite the name Township ) is a Home Rule Municipality located in Delaware County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is 7.62 square miles ( 19.74 km ²) in size and with (2000) 81 821 inhabitants and is the largest in terms of population subdivision of the County and the fifth largest city in the state. It forms an important transport hub in the transport.
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Geography
Upper Darby is located about 5.8 miles ( 9.33 km ) west of the city center and just outside the city limits of Philadelphia, which is highlighted at this place by the river Cobbs Creek. The northwestern border is the U.S. Highway 1, south-west across much of the Darby Creek. The settlement area is 60-260 feet ( 18-79 m) above sea level and extends over a gently sloping southeast to the Delaware River toward ridge that rises between the two streams and the Piedmont, the eastern slopes of the Appalachians heard.
The municipality is bordered to the north and east of Philadelphia and the Borough Millbourne, to the south by the borough of Yeadon, Lansdowne and Clifton Heights and at the Darby Township; in the Southwest it borders on the Ridley Township and Springfield Township and to the northwest by the Haverford Township. The East Lansdowne Borough is located in the southeast is completely surrounded by the municipality of Upper Darby. In the south still is an exclave, which is defined clockwise from the boroughs Lansdowne, Yeadon, Darby Aldan.
History
The first settlers on the current municipal area must have been about 100 Swedes who lived around 1653/54 in a small colony. From this period the Swedish Cabin, a log cabin from that time, which is at the Darby Creek. The Township was spun off in 1786 from the Darby Township. 1798 was carved out of the then competent Chester County, Delaware County today.
The two small rivers at the edges of the municipality allowed the construction of numerous mills. favored by the economic development of the population of about 800, this development increased in 1800 to nearly 5,000 by 1890. Through the construction of the Market - Frankford Line to 1907 strengthened even further. Until the 1960s, Upper Darby had overtaken cities such as Harrisburg and Bethlehem. In recent decades, a strong influx of African-Americans and Asians was observed.
The city sees itself as a link between the city of Philadelphia and the suburbs; it is believed to combine the advantages of both types of settlement with each other.
Economy and infrastructure
The nearest highways are Interstate 476 to the west, Interstate 95 on the south bank of the Delaware and Interstate 76 that runs along the bank of the Schuylkill River on the edge of downtown Philadelphia. They are all located about 4.5 to 5 miles (8 km) as the crow flies from the city center.
By the municipality itself, the Pennsylvania Route 3 runs from Philadelphia to West Chester. It says here Westchester Pike and forms in the extension of Market Street Philadelphia, the main east -west axis. She is also by far the widest street in the city. U.S. Highway 1 shall affect the municipal area in the northwest.
Upper Darby plays an important role as a western beachhead for local transportation to and from Philadelphia. The central transport hub is the 69th Street Terminal, the western terminus of the Market - Frankford Line at the eponymous street. From there go to western directions from the Norristown High Speed Line, the two interurban trams Media Sharon Hill Line, and numerous bus routes.
The area around the 69th Street Terminal today forms the commercial and services center of the city. In addition, there are a number of (smaller) shopping centers, spread across the municipal area. Large parts of the settlement area are dominated by small-scale development. Industry, there are not up to the various workshops of the transport companies operating virtually.
In Upper Darby are three major cemeteries; the Fernwood Cemetery on the border of Philadelphia and west of the Har Jehuda Cemetery and the park-like Arlington Cemetery. On the northern tip of the municipality of McCall Golf and Country Club is located.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the Township
- Tina Fey (born 1970 ), actress
- Jamie Kennedy (born 1970 ), actor
- Cheri Oteri (born 1965 ), actress
- Todd Rundgren ( born 1948 ), singer, musician and producer
- Mike Scioscia (born 1958 ), baseball player, manager
Other personalities
- Lloyd Alexander, born January 30, 1924 in Philadelphia, † 17 May 2007 Drexel Hill, writer