Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Philadelphia (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Philadelphia. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Philadelphia is located in Washington County .
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Philadelphia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Philadelphia:
Washington County (The home county of Philadelphia)
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Nolichucky ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nolichucky is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
Limestone (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Conklin (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Mill Brook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Oakland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Oakland is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Telford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Kansas City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Kansas City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City Big Sandy (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Big Sandy is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
Bowmantown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Leesburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Ducktown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Ducktown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
Locust Mount (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Locust Mount is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount Jonesborough (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Pine Crest (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Woodby Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Central (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gap Run (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Tolley Town (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Watauga (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Biltmore (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hampton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Burbank (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Siam (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Heaton Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Heaton Creek is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek Hunter (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cocke County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Wolf Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Del Rio (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Parrottsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Nough (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Nough is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough West Myers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
West Myers is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
Tom Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Tom Town is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Horse Creek (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Rheatown (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Afton (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Henshaw ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Tusculum (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Centersville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Fairview (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Water Fork Mill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
Bolton Estates (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Milburnton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Camp Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Camp Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Forest Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hamblen County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Whitesburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Silver City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Silver City is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Kepler (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Strahl (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Persia (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Persia is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Surgoinsville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Church Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Greenland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Amis (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Amis is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Block City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Green Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village New Canton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Bulls Gap (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Blair Gap (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
Fordtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Colonial Heights (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Wahoo ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Colby ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Beechwood Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Borden Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Borden Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village Piney Flats (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Cherokee Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village Kingsport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Thom ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Beartown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Beartown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Bumpus Cove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Clear Branch (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Ernestville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Loganton ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Banner Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Erwin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Unicoi (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Limestone Cove (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Whispering Pines (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Buncombe County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Democrat (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Democrat is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat Barnardsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Rockview (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Rockview is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview Flat Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Allegheny (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Cutshalltown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown White Rock (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Allenstand (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Chapel Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Foster Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek Hurricane (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Stackhouse (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Bethel (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hot Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Walnut (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Walnut is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Mars Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Petersburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Petersburg is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Richlands (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Huntdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Buladean (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Herrell ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Red Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Sioux (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Higgins (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Day Book (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Green Mountain (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Burnsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Concord (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Low Gap (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Double Island (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Pensacola (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola Micaville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Murchison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Murchison is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison Newdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Philadelphia, see our County-by-County Page for Philadelphia .
Cemeteries Near Philadelphia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Philadelphia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Philadelphia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Painter Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Philadelphia Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Adam Painter Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Liberty Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Mauk Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Asbury UMC Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
New Salem Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Gann Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Waddell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Greenway Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Glaze Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Arrington Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (1136 more) ...
Painter Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Moore Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Seaton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Philadelphia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Philadelphia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Philadelphia, with the one closest to Philadelphia listed first.
Horse Creek (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Brownsboro ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Brownsboro is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro Broylesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Broylesville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broylesville Limestone (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Henshaw ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Clarkson ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Clarkson is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Conklin (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Washington College (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Washington College is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington College Rheatown (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Afton (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Matuta ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Matuta is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matuta Mill Brook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Continue List (16 more) ...
Tusculum (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Telford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Statemount ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Statemount is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statemount
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Philadelphia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Philadelphia .
Newspapers Published in Philadelphia ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Philadelphia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Philadelphia, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Philadelphia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Philadelphia:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Cocke County Greene County Hamblen County Hawkins County Sullivan County Unicoi County Buncombe County Madison County Mitchell County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Philadelphia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Philadelphia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Philadelphia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.