Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
40°19′26.4″N 75°28′40.8″W / 40.324000°N 75.478000°W / 40.324000; -75.47800018074
Perkiomenville is an unincorporated community that is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
History
The community takes its name from nearby Perkiomen Creek.[2]
Geography
Situated in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area of the Northeastern United States, this community is part of the Eastern Standard time zone and is located on both sides of the Perkiomen Creek, which separates Marlborough Township and Upper Frederick Township.
Route 29 runs north-to-south through the village.
Notable people
- Paul Collins, American writer
- John William Ditter Jr., former U.S. federal judge
- Eunice Katherine M. Ernst, pioneer of the nurse midwife movement
- God Lives Underwater, rock music artists
- Ed Hake, football player
- Sasha Siemel, jungle hunter and adventurer
- Stella James Sims, biologist at Bluefield State College
References
- ^ "Perkiomenville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
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Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Norristown
- Abington
- Cheltenham
- Douglass
- East Norriton
- Franconia
- Hatfield
- Horsham
- Limerick
- Lower Frederick
- Lower Gwynedd
- Lower Merion
- Lower Moreland
- Lower Pottsgrove
- Lower Providence
- Lower Salford
- Marlborough
- Montgomery
- New Hanover
- Perkiomen
- Plymouth
- Salford
- Skippack
- Springfield
- Towamencin
- Upper Dublin
- Upper Frederick
- Upper Gwynedd
- Upper Hanover
- Upper Merion
- Upper Moreland
- Upper Pottsgrove
- Upper Providence
- Upper Salford
- West Norriton
- West Pottsgrove
- Whitemarsh
- Whitpain
- Worcester
- Arcadia University
- Ardmore‡
- Audubon
- Bala Cynwyd
- Blue Bell
- Bryn Mawr‡
- Cheltenham Village
- Eagleville
- Elkins Park
- Evansburg
- Flourtown
- Fort Washington
- Gilbertsville
- Glenside
- Halfway House
- Harleysville
- Haverford College‡
- Horsham
- King of Prussia
- Kulpsville
- Maple Glen
- McKinley
- Merion Station
- Mont Clare
- Montgomeryville
- Oreland
- Penn Wynne
- Plymouth Meeting
- Pottsgrove
- Rosemont‡
- Roslyn
- Sanatoga
- Skippack
- Spring House
- Spring Mount
- Stowe
- Swedeland
- Trooper
- Villanova‡
- Willow Grove
- Woxall
- Wyncote
- Wyndmoor
communities
- Abington
- Ambler
- Arcola
- Ardsley
- Ashmead Village
- Barren Hill
- Belmont Hills
- Bethayres
- Camp Hill
- Cedarbrook
- Cedars
- Center Point
- Center Square
- Chapel‡
- Colmar
- Congo
- Creamery
- Crestmont
- Dresher
- Earlington
- Edge Hill
- Erdenheim
- Eureka‡
- Fairview Village
- Fitzwatertown
- Franconia
- Frederick
- Fulmor
- Geryville‡
- Gladwyne
- Graterford
- Gulph Mills
- Gwynedd
- Gwynedd Valley
- Haverford‡
- Hollywood
- Huntingdon Valley
- Jarrettown
- Lafayette Hill
- La Mott
- Laverock
- Layfield
- Lederach
- Line Lexington‡
- Linfield
- Mainland
- Meadowbrook
- Melrose Park
- Mingo
- Miquon
- Montgomery Square
- New Hanover Square
- Noble
- North Hills
- Oaks
- Obelisk
- Palm
- Penn Valley
- Perkiomenville
- Port Indian
- Port Kennedy
- Port Providence
- Prospectville
- Rahns
- Roychester
- Rydal
- Salford
- Salfordville
- Sassamansville
- Spring Mill
- Sumneytown
- Three Tuns
- Tylersport
- Unionville‡
- West Point
- Worcester
- Wynnewood‡
- Yerkes
- Zieglerville
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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