Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania | |
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 Upper Merion Township municipal building and public library | |
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  Upper Merion Township Location of Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania  Upper Merion Township Upper Merion Township (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°05′00″N 75°20′59″W / 40.08333°N 75.34972°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Incorporated | 1713 |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.27 sq mi (44.74 km2) |
| • Land | 16.96 sq mi (43.91 km2) |
| • Water | 0.32 sq mi (0.82 km2) |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 33,613 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 28,640 |
| • Density | 1,689.08/sq mi (652.17/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-091-79136 |
| Website | www |
Upper Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 33,613 at the 2020 U.S. Census. Located 16 miles (26 km) from Philadelphia, it consists of the villages of Gulph Mills, King of Prussia, Swedeland, Swedesburg, and portions of Radnor, and Wayne.
The westernmost part of the township comprises the largest part of the 1,300-acre (5 km2) Valley Forge National Historical Park. The township is the home of the King of Prussia mall, the third-largest shopping mall in the United States in terms of gross leasable area. King of Prussia also contains a major office park hosting firms such as Lockheed Martin and GlaxoSmithKline.
The name Merion originates with the county of Merioneth in north Wales. Merioneth is an English-language translation of the Welsh Meirionnydd, itself named after Meirchion (or Meirion), grandson of Cunedda Wledig (b. ca. 380 A.D.), King of North Wales.[3]
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ Cunedda Wledig, King of North Wales: http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/meircmmd.html/ Archived December 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.