Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Bristol Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
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Bristol Township was located at the north end of Philadelphia County, at the intersection of the angle which runs down from the extreme point of the between Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. It was of irregular form, and was bounded on the northwest by a portion of Springfield Township, Montgomery County; on the northeast by Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County. It extended along the latter to Oxford Township, but was bounded mainly on the east by Tacony Creek, on the south partly by the Wingohocking and the Northern Liberties Township, and on the west and southwest by Germantown Township.
The Old York Road ran through it to Branchtown and Milestown (now Oak Lane), and thence to Bucks County. Greatest length, 5 1/2 miles; greatest breadth, 3 miles; area, 5,650 acres (23 km²). The name is derived from the city of Bristol in England.
[edit] Resources
- Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683-1854
- Information courtesy of ushistory.org
- Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854 By Rudolph J. Walther - excerpted from the book at the ushistory.org website
| Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 | |
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Aramingo Borough - Belmont District - Blockley Township - Bridesburg Borough - Bristol Township - Byberry Township - Delaware Township - Frankford Borough - Germantown Borough - Germantown Township - Kensington District - Kingsessing Township - Lower Dublin Township - Manayunk Borough - Moreland Township - Moyamensing District - Northern Liberties District - Northern Liberties Township - Oxford Township - Passyunk Township - Penn District - Penn Township - Philadelphia City - Roxborough Township - Richmond District - Southwark District - Spring Garden District - West Philadelphia Borough - Whitehall Borough - |
