Blockley Township, Pennsylvania

Blockley Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Incorporated in 1704,[1] the township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia under the 1854 Act of Consolidation.

Blockley Township
Former Township
A reference to the former name of the community
Blockley Township
Location of Blockley Township in Pennsylvania
Blockley Township
Blockley Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°58′30″N 75°13′50″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)215, 267, and 445

History
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18505,916—
Source:[2]

An irregularly shaped area of 7,580 acres (31 km²), Blockley Township was located on the west side of the Schuylkill River, north of Kingsessing Township; bounded on the east by the Schuylkill; extending south from the county line, opposite to, but a little below, the mouth of the Wissahickon, down to the Nanganesy or Mill Creek, below the Woodlands; then by the same creek up to Chadd’s Ford Turnpike, known in later years as the Baltimore Pike; along the same to Cobb’s Creek; then by the courses of the same to the county line adjoining Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, and along the same to the Schuylkill River.

Within its boundaries were the villages of Hamilton, Mantua, West Philadelphia, Hestonville and Haddington.

It was traversed by the Darby Road (today's Woodland Avenue) and Chadd’s Ford or Baltimore Pike, the road to West Chester, to Haverford and to Lancaster.

The name is derived from Blockley, a parish in England in Worcestershire from which the township's founder, William Warner, hailed. In Philadelphia, "Blockley" was synonymous with the Blockley Almshouse that opened here in 1832. The township also contained The Woodlands; the former estate of William Hamilton, grandson of Andrew Hamilton, which was converted in 1840 to the Woodlands Cemetery.

The boundaries and area changed on February 17, 1844, when the area encompassing Mantua and Hamilton were incorporated into the Borough of West Philadelphia, dividing the remaining township into two almost unconnected sections.

The township was incorporated into Philadelphia proper by the 1854 Act of Consolidation.

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References
  1. Sullivan, Promise and Kim Franklin. "Chapter 1: Pre-History to 1854". WEST PHILADELPHIA: THE BASIC HISTORY. University Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. "Pennsylvania" (PDF). 1850 US Census. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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