Willow Grove, Pennsylvania Willow Grove, Pennsylvania North York Road in Willow Grove North York Road in Willow Grove Willow Grove is positioned in Pennsylvania Willow Grove - Willow Grove Willow Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Willow Grove was once known for Willow Grove Park, an amusement park that was open from 1896 to 1976, now the site of Willow Grove Park Mall.
Willow Grove is considered an edge town/city of Philadelphia with large amounts of retail and office space. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove is positioned northwest of the Willow Grove CDP in Horsham Township. NAS JRB Willow Grove transitioned into Horsham Air National Guard Station in September 2011. Aerial view of the Willow Grove Park amusement park in 1926 Willow Grove's history spans nearly three centuries.
By the mid-19th century, Willow Grove served as a summer vacation retreat for Philadelphia residents.
The name officially became Willow Grove about 1792 when it appeared on a map of Pennsylvania townships.
The planting of willow trees to absorb the encircling swampland strengthened the decision to give Willow Grove its name.
The Willow Grove region appreciates its place in Revolutionary War history, as well.
Washington's troops marched through Willow Grove in 1777 on their way to the Battle of Brandywine, and the famous Battle of Crooked Billet took place in the vicinity of Hatboro.
The Willow Grove region was also a primary player in the accomplishments of the Underground Railroad amid the Civil War.
As with many early communities, Willow Grove experienced rapid expansion and development, thanks to barns and street car expansion toward the end of the 19th, and early 20th centuries.
The economy appreciateed a expansion spurt and the Willow Grove region blossomed.
"Life is a lark in Willow Grove Park" With travel and accommodations readily available and to stimulate travel on the increasingly prominent trolleys, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company decided to build an amusement park in Willow Grove, at the end of the line.
Willow Grove Park opened in 1896 and was the prototype for various parks that followed athwart the country.
In 1976, Willow Grove Park gave way to innovation and progress once again, when it was razed to make way for a new retail concept the mall.
The Willow Grove Park Mall opened in 1982.
As they had since the early days, the inhabitants of Willow Grove were ready once again to innovate and grow.
Asplundh Tree Expert Company is based in Willow Grove.
China Airlines operates the Philadelphia Mini Office (Chinese: Feicheng Yingyesu ) in Building 39 - G at 2300 Computer Avenue in the Willow Grove CDP and in Upper Moreland Township. A SEPTA Regional Rail train on the Warminster Line stops at the Willow Grove Station Willow Grove is served by the Willow Grove Interchange (exit 343) along the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 276), which joins to Pennsylvania Route 611.
Major roads serving Willow Grove are Pennsylvania Route 611 (Old York Road/Easton Road), Pennsylvania Route 263 (York Road), Pennsylvania Route 63 (Moreland Road), Fitzwatertown Road, Terwood Road, Davisville Road, Easton Road, and Old Welsh Road. Willow Grove is served by the Willow Grove station on SEPTA Regional Rail's Warminster Line, which runs between Warminster and Center City Philadelphia.
The improve is served by five SEPTA bus routes, with a transit core at the Willow Grove Park Mall.
The Route 22 bus runs between Olney Transportation Center in North Philadelphia and Warminster via Willow Grove and the Route 55 bus runs between Olney Transportation Center and Doylestown via Willow Grove. Both the Route 22 and 55 buses have a several trips from Olney Transportation Center that terminate at the Willow Grove Park Mall. The Route 95 bus runs between the Willow Grove Park Mall and Gulph Mills.
The Route 310 and Route 311 buses joins the Willow Grove station and the Willow Grove Park Mall to company parks in Horsham. In the song "Please Don't Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord To Destroy The Town Of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania In 2002", Pop Punk Band, Pet Symmetry's Evan Weiss (Into It.
Over It.) describes the actions of vandalizing the town of Willow Grove as a youth.
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