Winchester Park, Philadelphia

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Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. It is located in the vicinity of Pennypack Park, north and west of Holmesburg.^[1]

It is a neighborhood of single family homes. The first part of the development, on Winchester Avenue between Albion Street and 75' east of Holmehurst Ave was built in 1940. The remainder of the area was built between 1947- 1955. In 1955 St Jerome R.C. Church, was built at Colfax and Stamford Streets. It is the parish that serves the area. The zip code is 19136. Winchester Park's boundaries are Holme Avenue, Welsh Road and Rhawn Street.

References

↑ http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/pname3.htm

Coordinates: 40°02′46″N 75°01′08″W / 40.046°N 75.019°W / 40.046; -75.019

Municipalities and communities of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Sections and
Neighborhoods

Center City	Avenue of the Arts Chinatown Eakins Oval Elfreth's Alley Fitler Square Franklintown French Quarter Independence Mall Jewelers' Row Logan Square Market East Museum District Naval Square Old City Penn Center Penn's Landing Rittenhouse Square Schuylkill Avenue Society Hill South Street Washington Square West

South	Bella Vista Central South Philadelphia Devil's Pocket Dickinson Narrows East Passyunk Crossing FDR Park Girard Estate Grays Ferry Greenwich Hawthorne Italian Market Little Saigon Lower Moyamensing Marconi Plaza Moyamensing Newbold Packer Park Passyunk Square Pennsport Point Breeze Queen Village Schuykill Southwark Southwest Center City Sports Complex Tasker West Passyunk Wharton Whitman Wilson Park

Southwest	Angora Bartram Village Clearview Eastwick Elmwood Park Hedgerow Hog Island Kingsessing Mount Moriah Paschall Penrose PHL Southwest Schuylkill

West	Avenue of Technology Belmont Village Carroll Park Cathedral Park Centennial District Cedar Park Cobbs Creek Dunlap Garden Court Haddington Haverford North Mantua Mill Creek Overbrook Overbrook Farms Overbrook Park Parkside Powelton Village Saunders Park Spruce Hill Squirrel Hill University City Walnut Hill Woodland Terrace Wynnefield Wynnefield Heights

Lower North	Belfield Brewerytown Cabot Callowhill Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow North Central Northern Liberties Poplar Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Templetown Yorktown (also see North Philadelphia)

Upper North	Allegheny West Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown-Tioga Olde Kensington West Kensington

River Wards	Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Port Richmond

Lower Northwest	Andorra East Falls Manayunk Roxborough Wissahickon (also see Northwest Philadelphia)

Upper Northwest	Beggarstown Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister Cedarbrook (also see Northwest Philadelphia)

Olney-Oak Lane	East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane

Near Northeast	Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming (also see Northeast Philadelphia)

Far Northeast	Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park

Former
Municipalities

City	Philadelphia (Center City)

Boroughs	Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall

Districts	Belmont Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden

Townships	Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough

Footnotes

As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat.

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