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Philadelphia Guide

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Philadelphia is an incorporated place (Class Code P1) located in Philadelphia County at latitude 39.952 and longitude -75.164 (Philadelphia Panoramio Photos). The elevation is 39 feet. Philadelphia appears on the Philadelphia U.S. Geological Survey Map. Philadelphia County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). Observes DST? Yes. Current Time. | Philadelphia, PA ZIP Codes

Philadelphia had a population of 1,517,550 with 661,958 housing units; a land area land area of 135.09 sq. miles; a water area of 7.55 sq. miles; and a population density of 11,233.61 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Updated Census Estimates for all incorporated places in Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia Detailed Report

Feature Detail Report for: Philadelphia


ID:	1209052
Name:	Philadelphia
Class:	Populated Place - Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A Populated Place is not incorporated and has no legal boundaries. Distinct from Census and Civil classes. (Definitions)
History:	Ranked 4th by population in the 1980 census. The variant name, "Tsi wahswèn:to Tekahsó:ken", is a Mohawk name which translates to: "at the coal/forked mouth or forked margins".
Citation:	U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Entry Date:	02-Aug-1979
*Elevation:	39/12

*Elevations in feet/meters from the National Elevation Dataset

Federal Codes

Census Code	Census Class Code	GSA Code

60000	P1	6540


Class Code Description:	Populated Place that is also an incorporated place with the same name and the same Census Code.

Variant Names

Variant Name

Filadelfija	Citation
Tsi wahswèn:to Tekahsó:ken	Citation

Board on Geographic Names Decisions

Name	Authority	Decision Type	BGN

Philadelphia	Board Decision	Official	1931

Counties

Sequence	County	Code	State	Code	Country	OPM Code

1	Philadelphia	101	Pennsylvania	42	US	426540101

Coordinates (One point per USGS topographic map containing the feature, NAD83)

Sequence	Latitude(DEC)	Longitude(DEC)	Latitude(DMS)	Longitude(DMS)	Map Name

1	39.9523350	-75.1637890	395708N	0750950W	Philadelphia
2	39.9778905	-75.2510153	395840N	0751504W	Lansdowne
3	39.9884458	-75.0976747	395918N	0750552W	Camden
4	40.0303897	-75.1762887	400149N	0751035W	Germantown
5	40.0631667	-75.0512830	400347N	0750305W	Frankford
6	40.0937217	-74.9890581	400537N	0745921W	Beverly
7	40.1284434	-75.0048917	400742N	0750018W	Hatboro
8	40.1253879	-74.9993360	400731N	0745958W	Langhorne
9	40.0584446	-75.2499022	400330N	0751500W	Germantown
10	39.8709465	-75.2079584	395215N	0751229W	Woodbury

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