Lower Merion
Lower Merion Township | |
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 The Lower Merion Township building in Ardmore in April 2022 | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "A First-Class Township" | |
 Location of Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | |
  Lower Merion Location of Lower Merion Township in Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 39°59′00″N 75°15′59″W / 39.98333°N 75.26639°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Settled | 1682 |
| Incorporated | 1713 |
| Government | |
| • Township Manager | Ernie McNeely |
| • Board President | Todd Sinai (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.83 sq mi (61.73 km2) |
| • Land | 23.61 sq mi (61.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) |
| Elevation | 200 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 63,633 |
• Estimate (2021)[2] | 64,148 |
| • Density | 2,695/sq mi (1,040/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 610 and 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-091-44976 |
| Website | www |
Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Philadelphia Main Line. The township's name originates with the county of Merioneth in north Wales. Merioneth is an English-language transcription of the Welsh Meirionnydd.
Lower Merion Township, along with Upper Darby, Haverford, and Cheltenham, are major suburbs of Philadelphia, the United States' sixth-most populous city as of 2020. With a population of 63,633, Lower Merion Township is the ninth-most populous municipality in Pennsylvania as of the 2020 U.S. census.[3]
The center of Lower Merion Township is located 11.9 miles (19.2 km) northwest of the center Philadelphia, the state's largest city. Parts of the township border the northwestern section of the city.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Lower Merion township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania". www.census.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2022.