Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania
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Whitemarsh Township is a home rule municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It retains its former classification of "Township" in its official name despite being a home rule municipality. The population was 19,707 at the 2020 census. Whitemarsh is adjacent to the neighborhood of Andorra in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, and is bordered in Montgomery County by Springfield, Upper Dublin, Whitpain, and Plymouth townships, Conshohocken, and the Schuylkill River, which separates it from Lower Merion Township.
Whitemarsh Township | |
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Coordinates: 40°06′00″N 75°14′58″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Montgomery |
Settled | 1683 |
Area | |
• Total | 14.73 sq mi (38.2 km2) |
• Land | 14.59 sq mi (37.8 km2) |
• Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
Elevation | 220 ft (70 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 17,349 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 17,795 |
• Density | 1,200/sq mi (450/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 610, 484 |
FIPS code | 42-091-84624 |
Website | www |
Communities in Whitemarsh Township include Barren Hill, Lafayette Hill, part of Miquon, which straddles Whitemarsh and Springfield townships, Spring Mill, part of Plymouth Meeting, which straddles Whitemarsh and Plymouth townships, and part of Fort Washington, some of which is in Whitemarsh, but which is chiefly in Upper Dublin Township.