![The residence of the innkeeper of Gray's Ferry Inn south of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a piazza added about ca. 1792. In the foreground are flatcars marked for the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad, which built the first permanent bridge at the location. Photograph ca. 1870s by Robert Newell. The Library Company of Philadelphia [P.9062.791]](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/grays-ferry-us-399351--751921/0-Grays_Ferry_Inn_PW_B_flatcars_1870s.png?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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Independence Hall, Philadelphia
The birthplace of American democracy where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were debated and adopted.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Grays Ferry
Pennsylvania, United States · North America
About Grays Ferry
Grays Ferry is worth a stop: 4km from Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
Grays Ferry is in Pennsylvania, United States, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. The section of this neighborhood west of 34th Street is alsoRead more
known as Forgotten Bottom.
Grays Ferry shares borders with Southwest Center City to the north, Point Breeze to the east, and Girard Estate to the south. Grays Ferry is across from where Mill Creek debouches at about 43rd street.
Grays Ferry was historically one of the largest enclaves of Irish Americans in the city, and while there are still many Irish left, it is now home to a majority African American population.
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Within an hour or so of Grays Ferry: Independence Hall, Philadelphia (4 km), Liberty Bell (4 km), Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (4 km).
Where is Grays Ferry?
Grays Ferry is in Pennsylvania, United States.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,838
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.9351, -75.1921
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Worth the detour from Grays Ferry
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Liberty Bell
Iconic cracked bell in Philadelphia that rang to mark the reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
One of the world's greatest collections of racing sports cars, with rare vehicles that actually compete in demonstration days.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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