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Moyamensing | |
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  Moyamensing Location of Moyamensing Township, Pennsylvania  Moyamensing Moyamensing (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 75°08′54″W / 39.93389°N 75.14833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 215, 267, and 445 |
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Moyamensing is an area of Philadelphia established as a Moyamensing Township during British colonial rule on the fast land of the Neck[clarification needed], lying between Passyunk and Wicaco.[1] It was incorporated into Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States and today encompasses several neighborhoods along the Moyamensing Avenue corridor in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia.[2]
- ^ Where Pennsylvania History Began (by Henry D. Paxon, The Swedish Colonial Society, 1926)
- ^ Moyamensing (Philadelphia History) http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/incorporated.html