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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.
15 km · about 25 min drive
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Holmesburg
Pennsylvania, United States · North America
About Holmesburg
Holmesburg is worth a stop: 15km from Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
Holmesburg is in Pennsylvania, United States, with about 28,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Holmesburg is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It began as a village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, and was named in honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, a cartographer who devised the street plan for central Philadelphia.
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Surveyor General had no apparent business relationship or blood kinship to one John Holme, a Baptist minister and magistrate who immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1680s from New Jersey.
John Holme's descendants were land speculators and became very prominent citizens in Holmesburg, who owned a portion of the Pennypack grist mill and a lumber business, establishing an estate called Box Grove.
Holmesburg is bordered to the west by Brous Avenue to Ryan Avenue to Sandy Run/Pennypack Creek to Holme Avenue to Holme Circle to Ashton Road to Willits Road, the Delaware River to the east, and Cottman Avenue to the south. The border shared with Torresdale to the north is Welsh/Willits/Academy Road and then over to Linden Avenue. Holmesburg's ZIP code is 19136.
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Within an hour or so of Holmesburg: Independence Hall, Philadelphia (15 km), Liberty Bell (15 km), Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (22 km), Six Flags Great Adventure (51 km).
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Holmesburg is in Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Population
- 28,046
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 40.0415, -75.0280
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Worth the detour from Holmesburg
4 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.
15 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Six Flags Great Adventure
New Jersey's premier amusement park with world-class coasters and an adjoining safari experience.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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