Southwark, Philadelphia

Southwark District
Former District
Corner of 3rd and Queen Streets
Corner of 3rd and Queen Streets
Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Southwark District prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854
Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Southwark District prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854
Coordinates: 39°56′16″N 75°08′52″W / 39.93778°N 75.14778°W / 39.93778; -75.14778
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)215, 267 and 445
Southwark District
Southwark, Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia
Southwark, Philadelphia
Southwark, Philadelphia is located in Pennsylvania
Southwark, Philadelphia
Southwark, Philadelphia is located in the United States
Southwark, Philadelphia
LocationBounded by Delaware, Washington Aves., 5th, Lombard, Front, and Catharine Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Area720 acres (290 ha)[2]
Built1703
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No.72001172[1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1972

Southwark was originally the Southwark District, a colonial-era municipality in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Today, it is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because of its location south of the early Philadelphia, the name was adopted in allusion to the borough of Southwark in the county of London, England, just south of the city of London.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USHist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Espenshade, A. Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Pennsylvania state college studies in history and political science,no. 1College series. Harrisburg, PA: The Evangelical Press. p. 33.