Hog Island, Philadelphia

Hog Island
Workers reading The Hog Island News in 1918
Workers reading The Hog Island News in 1918
Hog Island is located in Philadelphia
Hog Island
Hog Island
Coordinates: 39°52′19″N 75°14′28″W / 39.871944°N 75.241111°W / 39.871944; -75.241111
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyDelaware
CityTinicum Township
Area code(s)215, 267 and 445

Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River. Philadelphia International Airport now sits on the land that was once Hog Island.