Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

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census-designated place unincorporated community

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania is a suburban community northwest of Philadelphia known for its residential neighborhoods, business parks, and historical significance dating back to the Revolutionary War.

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Fort Washington 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 215 ⓘ
267 ⓘ
445 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Montgomery County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
directionFromPhiladelphia northwest ⓘ
elevation 249 feet ⓘ
encampmentCommandedBy George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
encampmentOf Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
encampmentPeriodEnd 1777-12 ⓘ
encampmentPeriodStart 1777-11 ⓘ
FIPSCode 42-26960 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1175013 ⓘ
hasFacility Fort Washington Fire Company No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Washington Office Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighwayAccess Interstate 276 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 309 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania Turnpike NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark Clifton House NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Washington State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hope Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Fort Washington State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure Fort Washington station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasZIPCodeType standard ⓘ
historicalSignificance American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Revolutionary War encampment site ⓘ
office parks and business parks ⓘ
suburban residential neighborhoods ⓘ
latitude 40.141 ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Philadelphia metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
longitude -75.209 ⓘ
namedAfter Fort Washington (Revolutionary War fortification) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyBattle Battle of White Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Delaware Valley ⓘ
partOfRegion southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
postalCode 19034 ⓘ
schoolDistrict Upper Dublin School District NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedByRailLine SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania → contains → Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Montgomery County → containsCensusDesignatedPlace → Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Fort Washington State Park → nearestCommunity → Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
British capture of Fort Lee → opposedFortification → Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Washington
Robert Magaw → placeOfActivity → Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Washington