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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
consolidated city-county
county
areaCode 215
267
445
borderedBy Bucks County, Pennsylvania
surface form: Bucks County

Burlington County
surface form: Burlington County, New Jersey

Camden County, New Jersey
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
surface form: Delaware County

Gloucester County, New Jersey
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 of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance major cultural center of the United States
executiveHead Mayor of Philadelphia
fipsCode 42101
formedFrom Philadelphia County self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Delaware Valley
surface form: southeastern Pennsylvania
majorRiver Delaware River
Schuylkill River
namedAfter Philadelphia
observesDaylightSavingTime yes
partOf Delaware Valley
Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States

Northeastern United States
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington metropolitan statistical area
surface form: Philadelphia–Reading–Camden CSA
partOfMetropolitanArea Philadelphia metropolitan area
postalAbbreviation Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, PA
seat Philadelphia
state Pennsylvania
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Penn Square station locatedInCounty Philadelphia County
this entity surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Whitman neighborhood partOf Philadelphia County
Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania adjacentTo Philadelphia County
this entity surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Delco borderedBy Philadelphia County
this entity surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hawk Hill, Philadelphia partOf Philadelphia County
Fern Rock locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Philadelphia County
SEPTA Fern Rock Rail Yard locatedInCounty Philadelphia County
Olney neighborhood partOf Philadelphia County
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County jurisdiction Philadelphia County
this entity surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Traffic Division locatedIn Philadelphia County
subject surface form: Traffic Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court)
Bridge Street Terminal locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Philadelphia County
this entity surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
SEPTA Bus Route 75 regionServed Philadelphia County
Northwest Philadelphia partOf Philadelphia County
Sharswood neighborhood locatedInAdministrativeEntity Philadelphia County
subject surface form: Sharswood
Brewerytown neighborhood locatedIn Philadelphia County
subject surface form: Brewerytown
Norristown Branch regionServed Philadelphia County
this entity surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
SEPTA Fox Chase Line locale Philadelphia County
Fairhill neighborhood locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Philadelphia County
subject surface form: Fairhill
Independence Mall county Philadelphia County
South Laurel Hill locatedInCounty Philadelphia County
Nicetown–Tioga locatedIn Philadelphia County
Germantown neighborhood partOf Philadelphia County
North 20th Street isInCounty Philadelphia County