| Huntingdon Valley | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
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| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 215 |
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Location of Huntingdon Valley in Pennsylvania
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Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
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Huntingdon Valley is a village, as well as a suburban mailing address located in Lower Moreland Township, Upper Moreland and Abington Township all in Montgomery County, and in a small section of Upper Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania bordering the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Originally referred to as "Goosetown," [1] Huntingdon Valley boasts some of the highest standards of living in the Greater Philadelphia area with 90% of the Township being single-dwelling homes and having one of the highest per capita incomes in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[2]
Located within Huntingdon Valley is Lorimer Park, 213 acres (0.86 km2) of woods and meadows connected to Pennypack Park of the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia County. The park borders Fox Chase Farm, the only remaining active farm in Philadelphia County.
Students in Huntingdon Valley attend one of several school districts, including Lower Moreland Township School District, comprising Pine Road Elementary School, Murray Avenue School (formerly Lower Moreland Middle School), and Lower Moreland High School; Upper Moreland school district; and Abington School District, comprising seven elementary schools, Abington Junior High School, and Abington Senior High School. Also, residents that live in Bucks County attend Centennial School District.
Huntingdon Valley had regularly scheduled passenger train service until January 14, 1983 via SEPTA's Fox Chase Rapid Transit Line; service ended due to failing diesel train equipment SEPTA had little desire to operate. Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, and the Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999. With no rail or bus service, residents have had to use either the Fox Chase train station or the Bethayres train station when traveling to Center City Philadelphia.
In July 2009, a nationally publicized incident occurred at the Valley Swim Club in Huntingdon Valley. A group of mostly African-American and Hispanic children from a day care center were kicked out of the club, allegedly due to the children's race. On July 15, 2009, the day care center successfully filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the club.[3] In September 2009, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission found probable cause that racism was involved.[4] The swim club filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on November 15, 2009, and has since gone out of business.[5] United States Chief Bankruptcy Judge Steven Raslavich has jurisdiction over the case and the assets of the club are being administered by United States Trustee Terry P. Dershaw. Financial documents were filed on December 1, 2009.[6] The Valley Swim Club was sold at auction for $ 1.46 million on Thursday, 13 May 2010.[7]
Forest Hills Cemetery in Huntingdon Valley is the resting place of World War II figure Jack Agnew, loosely the inspiration of the novel and film, The Dirty Dozen.[8]
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