Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

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Cheltenham, Pennsylvania is a suburban township just outside Philadelphia known for its historic communities and role in the region’s abolitionist and Quaker heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil township
township
adjacentTo Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Jenkintown
surface form: Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

Springfield Township, Pennsylvania
surface form: Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
areaCode 215
267
445
borders Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
contains Cheltenham Township
surface form: Cheltenham Village, Pennsylvania

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Glenside, Pennsylvania
La Mott, Pennsylvania
Woodlyn, Pennsylvania
surface form: Laverock, Pennsylvania

Melrose Park, Pennsylvania
Wyncote, Pennsylvania
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Montgomery County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
FIPSCode 42-045-12960
GNISFeatureID 1215943
governmentType township government
hasEducationalInstitution Cheltenham High School
hasHistoricDistrict La Mott Historic District
Wyncote Historic District
hasHistoricRole Underground Railroad activities in Pennsylvania
hasHistoricSignificance Quaker heritage in Pennsylvania
abolitionist movement in the United States
hasRailService SEPTA Regional Rail
hasReligiousHeritage Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quaker
knownFor historic communities
suburban residential character
locatedIn Philadelphia metropolitan area
namedAfter Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
observesDaylightSavingTime yes
partOf Delaware Valley
postalCode 19012
19027
19038
19095
region Southeastern Pennsylvania
schoolDistrict Cheltenham Township School District
servedBy Cheltenham station
Elkins Park station
Glenside station
Melrose Park station
state Pennsylvania
subdivisionType home rule township
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Lucretia Mott placeOfDeath Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia city line separates Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
Jenkintown–Wyncote station locatedIn Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Camille Cosby hasResidenceHistory Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States locatedIn Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
Cheltenham Avenue (north end) nearbyJurisdiction Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania borders Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County containsTownship Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States locatedIn Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania