This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? Excessive Violence Sexual Content Political / Social
Email Address:
Article Id: WHEBN0005042901 Reproduction Date:
Roxborough Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
The name is still applied to the modern day neighborhood of Roxborough which was once a part of Roxborough Township. The area was likely named for Roxburghshire, Scotland, the ancestral home of Andrew Robeson, one of the earliest settlers of the area.
The Court of Upland in England appointed local Swedish settler Peter Rambo to be the maintainer of the Manatawny road. In 1690, the road was renamed Ridge Road (it follows the crest of the ridge between the Wissahickon valley and the Schuylkill valley), and the area was renamed Roxburgh. By 1707, the name had been changed to Roxborough. Roxborough is first mentioned as a township in QS Road Docket II: 31 in 1706. In 1840, Manayunk was erected as a borough within the township, and on March 31, 1847, Manayunk was declared separate from the township.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Delaware Valley
Delaware, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Maryland
United Kingdom, Angles, Cornwall, Isle of Man, English language
Pennsylvania, Delaware Valley, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, New York City
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Andorra, Northwest Philadelphia
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Germany, Netherlands, Philadelphia
Roxburgh, Roxborough Castle, Roxborough, Manchester, Roxborough Natural Area, Roxborough Park, Colorado
1854, Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Frankford, Philadelphia, Germantown, Philadelphia, Aramingo Borough, Pennsylvania