Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Borough of Phoenixville Chester County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Phoenixville highlighted.svg Location in Chester County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania in United States (US48).svg Location of Pennsylvania in the United States Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River.
Phoenixville Mural Originally called Manavon, Phoenixville was settled in 1732 and incorporated as a borough in 1849.
Like many American suburbs and cities, Phoenixville owes its expansion to its waterways.
Much of this history was recognized by the creation of the Phoenixville Historic District, the biggest National Register of Historic Places site in Chester County.
The Black Rock Bridge, Gay Street School, and Schuylkill Navigation Canal, Oakes Reach Section are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first nail factory in the U.S., the French Creek Nail Works, was established in Phoenixville (then called Manavon) in 1790.
In March 2010, Philadelphia Magazine listed Phoenixville as one of "10 Awesome Neighborhoods To Call Home". Beginning in 2000, Phoenixville has jubilated this with the annual Blobfest. Festivities include a reenactment of the scene featuring the Colonial.
Also since 2004, Phoenixville has jubilated the "rebirth" of the town with the burning of a large wooden phoenix.
Phoenixville is in close adjacency to Valley Forge National Historical Park and the Perkiomen and Schuylkill River trails.
Phoenixville has a diverse small-town economy that largely includes many small-town artisans and restaurants.
Local hotspots include an Iron Hill Brewery and Molly Maguire's Pub, both positioned on Bridge Street. Customers Bank, the nation's fourth-best improve bank for return on equity in 2011, as stated to the American Bankers Association, is headquartered in downtown Phoenixville. Phoenixville is positioned at 40 7 51 N 75 31 9 W (40.130819, -75.519061). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), of which 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (4.27%) is water.
Phoenixville is home of the highest recorded temperature in Pennsylvania, 111 F (44 C), set on July 10, 1936. Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania South and East Phoenixville is at the intersection of three state highway routes: 23, 29, and 113.
Phoenixville is presently served by SEPTA's Route 99 bus, which joins with the Manayunk/Norristown Line Regional rail service at the Norristown Transportation Center, and the Route 139 bus, which joins the King of Prussia Mall with Limerick.
Several primary barns s once served Phoenixville.
The line passes under the north side of town in the Black Rock Tunnel, the third barns tunnel constructed in the United States.
Regular commuter trains last stopped at the Phoenixville Station in 1981, when SEPTA ceased operating non-electrified commuter lines.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Schuylkill Branch also served Phoenixville.
A section of the line remains in place, and is presently known as the Phoenixville Industrial track (also owned by NS).
During the 2008 replacement of the Gay Street Bridge, the line was severed at its crossing of Main Street and that rail bridge raised a several feet to allow emergency vehicles to reach the north side of town.
It would utilize the Phoenixville Industrial track, to give Phoenixville a rail link to Philadelphia via Paoli and the Paoli/Thorndale Line of county-wide rail.
The borough of Phoenixville is governed by a mayor and by eight council members, two for each of four wards: Middle, East, North, and West.
Phoenixville is in Pennsylvania's 6th federal Congressional District, the 157th State House of Representatives District, the 155th State House of Representatives District, and the 19th State Senatorial District.
Phoenixville High School Phoenixville is served by the Phoenixville Area School District, which has three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.
High school students can choose to attend the Technical College High School Pickering Campus for specific hands-on training in particular fields of study. The School District also serves the encircling municipalities of East Pikeland and Schuylkill Townships.
Phoenixville Renaissance Academy Phoenixville is home to 34 designated places of worship of a several different religions. New Phoenixville mayor sworn in, council elects leadership "Phoenixville First Friday".
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Phoenixville Patch.
Phoenixville Hospital: About Us at the Wayback Machine (archived January 27, 2009) "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Phoenixville Demographics".
The Borough of Phoenixville.
The Borough of Phoenixville.
(October 4, 2013), Bacon Brothers Come Home to Phoenixville This Weekend, archived from the initial on February 3, 2014 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
Website of the Borough of Phoenixville Phoenixville, Pennsylvania at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Populated places on the Schuylkill River - Populated places established in 1732 - Boroughs in Chester County, Pennsylvania - 1849 establishments in Pennsylvania
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