Philadelphia County

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Philadelphia County is a consolidated city-county in southeastern Pennsylvania that is coterminous with the city of Philadelphia, the state’s largest city and a major historical and cultural center in the United States.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
consolidated city-county
county
areaCode 215
267
445
borderedBy Bucks County
Burlington County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Camden County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Delaware County
Gloucester County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Montgomery County
contains Philadelphia
containsInstitution Drexel University
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
containsLandmark Fairmount Park
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell
Philadelphia Museum of Art
coterminousWith Philadelphia
country United States
culturalSignificance major cultural center of the United States
executiveHead Mayor of Philadelphia
fipsCode 42101
formedFrom Philadelphia County (original colonial county of Pennsylvania)
gnisID 1219888
governingBody Philadelphia City Council
governmentType consolidated city-county government
hasConsolidatedCityCountySince 1854
historicalSignificance major historical center of the United States
isUrbanized yes
largestCityInCounty Philadelphia
largestCityInStateByPopulation Philadelphia
locatedIn Pennsylvania
southeastern Pennsylvania
majorRiver Delaware River
Schuylkill River
namedAfter Philadelphia
observesDaylightSavingTime yes
partOf Delaware Valley
Mid-Atlantic United States
Northeastern United States
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Philadelphia–Reading–Camden CSA
partOfMetropolitanArea Philadelphia metropolitan area
postalAbbreviation Philadelphia, PA
seat Philadelphia
state Pennsylvania
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

Referenced by (38)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Belmont
Garden Court
Haddington
Mantua
North Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia
Northern Liberties
Old City historic district
Old City, Philadelphia
Overbrook
South Philadelphia
Southwest Philadelphia
University City (Philadelphia)
West Philadelphia
partOf
Bucks County, Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania")
Delaware County, Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania")
Delaware County, Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania")
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania")
borders
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia ("City and County of Philadelphia")
Fairmount
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania")
locatedIn
520 Chestnut Street
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
county
Berks County, Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania")
Philadelphia County ("Philadelphia County (original colonial county of Pennsylvania)")
formedFrom
Atlantic City Line
Fishtown
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Media/Wawa Line
SEPTA
servesCounty
Bensalem Township
adjacentTo
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
coversCounty
Chestnut Hill West Line
hasLocale
Pennsport
locatedInCounty
SEPTA City Transit Division
operatesInRegion
Schuylkill River
passesThrough
SEPTA bus routes
primaryServiceArea
Philadelphia Municipal Court
regionServed
Chestnut Hill East Line
serviceArea

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