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:

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)

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

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.