Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania

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'Perkiomenville is a small rural town in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The population is roughly 500. Perkiomenville offers beautiful scenery and a huge variety of plant and animal life.

1 Geography
2 History
3 The Perkiomenville Rockshelters
4 Notable People

[edit] Geography

Perkiomenville is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia-Camden metro area of the northeastern United States. The community is in the Eastern Standard time zone.

The latitude of Perkiomenville is 40.324N. The longitude is -75.478W.

[edit] History

The history of Perkiomenville's founding is clouded in controversy. Some historical documents show that the first landowner was a farmer named James Ferguson Seeds in 1727. He tended the land that was still inhabited by the Perkiomen Indians. Unlike other settlers of the time, Seeds had a peaceful relationship with the natives. His grandson, Frederick Joseph Seeds, married a native Perkiomen Indian. Upon James Seeds's death in 1755, he had named his area Perkiomenville.

The other legend of the founding of the town dates back further to 1688 when a young blacksmith named William Henry Emerick Sr fell upon the land after he lost a duel with a rival blacksmith. He camped out in the forest and met the Perkiomen tribe. The Indians believed he was a god due to his skill with blacksmithing. They let him take all the land and moved to the interior deeply wooded areas.

Perkiomen- According to Heckler, "The name Perkiomen is of Indian origin said to mean in Delaware or Lenape, "Where the cranberries grow". The earliest mention of the name is found in a deed of June 3, 1684, where it is called Pahkehoma; on a map of 1704, it appears as Perquamink; 1734, as Parkiomen, and 1749, as Perkiomy. The modern name "Perkiomenville," appears on maps from 1755 onwards.