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Do you know of North Philadelphia ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about North Philadelphia. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with North Philadelphia.<1>

We found mention of North Philadelphia as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Philadelphia ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about North Philadelphia:

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)
Published by Canadian National Railway

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)
Published by Greyhound Bus Lines

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for North Philadelphia.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/55288   (Place Name: North Philadelphia)

County: Philadelphia     (FIPS State/County: 42/101)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- North Philadelphia) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Philadelphia County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Philadelphia County.

AndoraLumar Park
  
BellevueMarket Square
BellmontMelrose
BonnafonMiddle City
BustletownMidvale
 Mount Moriah
Castor 
Chesnut HillNorris
CommerceNortheast Village
Continental 
CynwydOxford Station
  
East GermantownPark Junction
East SideParshall
EngelsidePiersons
Engleside 
 Richmond Junction
Fairhill JunctionRising Sun
FairhillRock Ledge
FallsRosehill
FidelityRowlands
Forest Hills 
Fort MifflinSandiford
Frankford JunctionSchool Lane
 Schur's
Gibsons PointSedgwick
Girard PointShackamaxon
GorgasSouthwark
Greenmount 
GreenwichTemple
 Tulpehocken
Harrowgate 
Holmesburg JunctionVernon Park
 Verrees' Mills
John Wanamaker 
 Wadsworth
Laurel HillWest Falls
LawntownWest Laurel Hill
LawtonWest Park
League IslandWest Philadelphia
LeveringtonWestmoreland
LiddonfieldWinghocking
LindleyWyndmoor

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.