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Francisville's street grid is unique because some of it is parallel to Ridge Avenue, rather than being oriented north-south. This is because this section was settled before the uniform street grid of
Philadelphia had extended that far north. The community was likely a small village on the Ridge
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1602:Germantown
1534:Kensington
1496:Germantown
1486:Bridesburg
1418:Kensington
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1375:Torresdale
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1254:Holmesburg
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1180:Germantown
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230:East Falls
106:75°10′12″W
103:39°58′12″N
1655:Footnotes
1574:Townships
1559:Southwark
1521:Districts
1511:Whitehall
1491:Frankford
1365:Pennypack
1340:Millbrook
1325:Bustleton
1244:Frankford
1239:Fox Chase
1209:Northeast
1109:Northwest
1075:Koreatown
1070:Fern Rock
959:Sharswood
914:Hartranft
904:Fairmount
782:Overbrook
664:Clearview
646:Southwest
606:Southwark
591:Pennsport
546:Hawthorne
541:Greenwich
428:Chinatown
255:Fairmount
209:Fairmount
1632:Passyunk
1617:Moreland
1597:Delaware
1582:Blockley
1554:Richmond
1501:Manayunk
1481:Aramingo
1473:Boroughs
1408:Fishtown
1370:Somerton
1360:Parkwood
1355:Normandy
1264:Lawndale
1224:Burholme
1139:Parkland
1134:Manayunk
1017:Glenwood
1007:Badlands
984:Yorktown
919:Ivy Hill
879:Belfield
874:Badlands
797:Parkside
694:Paschall
669:Eastwick
526:FDR Park
453:Old City
1592:Byberry
1587:Bristol
1529:Belmont
1330:Byberry
1274:Mayfair
1259:Juniata
1124:Andorra
974:Stanton
631:Whitman
626:Wharton
576:Newbold
131:Country
1627:Oxford
1455:Cities
1445:Former
1294:Tacony
1195:Wister
1185:Morton
1085:Ogontz
954:Poplar
924:Ludlow
772:Mantua
752:Dunlap
654:Angora
261:, the
259:Girard
159:County
140:
1659:As a
1289:Ryers
1090:Olney
1080:Logan
857:North
488:South
228:) to
149:State
1637:Penn
1549:Penn
709:West
257:and
169:City
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