Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1895 - Phildadelphia

Phil'adéI'phia (Fr. Philadelphie, fee'!!'d''fee'; Sr., and It. Filadelia, fe-la-dé'fe-A), a port of entry, the third city of the United States, the metropolis of Pennsylvania. and coextensive with the co, of Philadelphia, is situated on the W. bank of the Delaware, 96 miles (by the ship channel) from the open sea, 87 miles by rail S.W. of New York, and 136 miles N.E. of Washington, D.C. Lat. 30° 57' N.; lon. 75° 10' W. The river Schuylkill traverses the city, dividing the part known as West Philadelphia from the older portion of the town. Along the Delaware the water-front measures 23 miles, extending from the mouth of Poquessing Creek (which enters the Delaware near Torresdale on the N.E.), southwestward and southward, to the embouchure of Bow Creek, at Tinicum Island. The area of the municipality is more than 129 square miles, of which a considerable part, especially in the N., is rural in character, while other portions are occupied by suburban districts, embracing several places which have almost the character of separate towns,—such as Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Frankford, Manayunk, Falls of Schuylkill, Bridesburg, and Holmesburg, with many minor villages and hamlets, the principal of which are Tacony, Torresdale, Byberry, Somerton, Bustleton, Sandiford, Olney, Oxford Church, Crescentville, Roxborough, Milestown, Fox Chase, Verreeville, and Wheat Sheaf...

The Pop. of Philadelphia was 4560 in the year 1700; in 1750; 12,500; in 1800, 70,287; in 1840, 220,523; in 1860,568,034; in 1870, 674,022; in 1880, 847,170; in 1890, 1,046,964.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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