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Upper Providence. 1805
Providence
12,095
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3
4
4
1
175
267
1
West Conshohocken .
.. 1874
U. and L. Merion.
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.
..
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West Norriton.
.1909
Norriton
. .
. .
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. .
West Pottsgrove
1900
Upper Pottsgrove
. .
. .
. .
. .
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·
·
·
. . .
. .
West Telford .. . 1898
Franconia
154
50
89
2
5
2
246
284
5
Whitpain ..
1701
Original
8,640
24
56
2
1
2
175
246
1
Worcester.
. 1733
Original
10,080
25
70
5
2
1
. .
190
311
2
. .
Upper Hanover . .. 1736
Original
14,260
97
3
. .
Upper Salford .
1741
Salford
12,755
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Whitemarsh . ,1704
Original
8,857
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TABLE II-GROWTH OF SCHOOLS
Year
Number of Schools
Length of Term
in Months
Number of
Male Teachers
Number of
Female Teachers
Average Salary
Male Teachers
Average Salary
Female Teachers
Number of Pupils
Monoy Raised by Taxation
State Appropriation
Abington
1844
5
11
4
1
$ 25.00
$ . . . .
321
$ 1,010.00
$ 441.00
1860
5
10
4
2
40.00
18.00
435
3,150.75
183.72
1884
6
10
1
5
50.00
41.00
339
3,116.84
508.26
1900
14
10
5
9
59.00
51.11
641
13,339.29
2,164.13
1919
53
9.2
10
43
137.58
84.92
1,527
98,509.62
6,377.60
Ambler
1884
1
10
1
·
2
9
82.56
46.56
387
6,340.70
1,631.33
1919
20
9
1
10
175.00
71.75
672
18,963.00
3,960.49
Bridgeport
.1860
3
10
1
2
35.00
20.00
197
2,408.69
75.63
1884
5
10
5
40.55
296
2,571.98
312.19
1900
12
10
1
11
75.00
36.40
585
7,736.34
2,397.60
1919
16
9.5
1
15
218.50
85.00
733
2,176.13
4,681.35
Bryn Athyn . . .. 1919
169.87
104.58
Cheltenham
. 1844
4
9
1
20.00
132
514.25
301.00
1860
6
10
4
2
36.00
18.00
324
2,938.26
134.24
1884
12
10
1
11
60.00
46.00
630
11,335.64
520.32
1900
26
10
2
26
110.00
58.81
1,177
29,739.85
4,502.28
1919
70
9
10
62
142.14
91.23
2,086
124,053.80
6,729.00
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. .
. .
. .
. .
.
. . .
978.15
101.80
45.00
75
1900
9
10
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
133
-
Collegeville
.. .1900
3
9
2
1
49.00 125.00
43.00
121
1,852.25
553.19
1919
6
9
1
5
69.00
153
4,821.10
1,415.33
Conshohocken
.. . . 1860
4
10
1
3
45.00
20.33
420
2,331.82
103.75
1884
12
10
1
11
120.00
35.09
653
9,850.96
737.76
1900
15
10
1
18
125.00
42.95
750
9,857.86
4,694.97
1919
33
9
2
31
132.50
·
· · ·
37,139.05
9,185.98
Douglass
1860
9
5
9
22.22
423
1,256.63
132.66
1884
10
5
9
1
30.00
30.00
426
1,808.68
337.83
1900
10
7
11
1
34.78
35.00
421
1,731.99
1,737.59
1919
9
7
4
5
57.50
54.00
274
5,067.80
2,092.97
East Greenville . . 1884
2
7
2
35.00
104
619.55
80.69
1900
3
9
1
2
53.00
39.00
141
937.47
624.51
1919
10
8.65
2
8
87.50
70.62
349
7,408.56
2,002.90
East Norriton ... 1919
3
7.35
3
75.00
90
5,559.75
698.07
Fagleysville
. . . 1884
1
7
1
40.00
55
267.97
82.20
1900
2
8
1
1
40.00
25.00
70
497.51
228.80
1919
1
7
1
60.00
40
600.13
212.79
Franconia ..
1860
6
4
6
22.00
338
548.00
151.66
1884
12
5
10
35.75
31.25
545
4,124.66
484.88
1900
9
7
8
1
40.00
40.00
420
2,072.70
1,718.36
1919
8
7
3
5
60.00
60.00
469
4,116.74
2,077.64
Frederick
. . 1860
9
5
9
22.00
482
1,573.91
140.18
1884
11
5
10
1
31.55
32.00
421
2,786.48
371.77
1900
10
7
4
6
34.25
34.50
325
2,306.62
1,308.67
1919
8
7.75
2
6
56.25
50.92
203
3,554.28
1,864.40
Greenlane
.1884
1
7
1
. .
·
50
339.36
39.97
1900
1
8
1
40.00
56
341.86
253.48
1919
2
8
· .
·
62.50
83
877.72
508.88
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·
STATISTICS
134
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2
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....
33.00
.
2
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· ·
Gwynedd
. 1844
4
9
. .
· ·
394
176.22
1884
6
9
2
4
40.00
10.00
334
300.00 1,715.75 3,010.37
419.28
Hatboro
.1884
3
10
1
2
60.00
35.50
158
761.08
137.24
1900
5
10
1
4
85.00
43.75
234
2,765.03
898.49
1919
8
9.5
1
8
155.00
80.12
390
6,414.76
1,595.43
Hatfield Borough. 1900
3
9
2
1
41.00
40.00
125
879.21 3,858.90
450.60 1,015.26
Hatfield Twp ..... 1860
6
5
5
1
20.00
20.00
439
530.90
112.46
1884
6
7
4
2
40.00
40.00
359
1,689.56
323.51
1900
7
7
4
2
40.00
39.00
284
1,450.40
1,719.60
1919
7
7.5
1
6
67.50
64.17
264
7,877.06
1,333.83
Horsham
.1860
3
10
2
1
30.00
30.00
320
1,370.80
140.18
1884
3
10
1
2
50.00
50.00
192
1,791.99
328.03
1900
5
10
1
4
45.00
42.50
186
2,235.21
1,041.77
1919
5
10
. .
. .
60.00
196
6,779.01
1,203.64
Jenkintown
.1884
3
10
1
2
60.00
42.50
196
1,972.19
138.00
1900
6
10
1
5
80.00
49.87
262
5,161.01
1,383.03
1900
16
9
2
14
· ·
. .
. ·
529
24,005.98
2,409.54
Lansdale
.1884
5
8.5
1
4
50.00
31.09
250
1,956.78
168.16
1900
11
10
1
12
95.00
47.25
590
8,315.22
2,239.56
1919
26
9.25
2
24
130.00
69.96
861
24,807.10
4,986.13
Limerick
1860
11
5
11
25.00
708
1,634.15
219.38
1884
12
6
10
2
35.00
35.00
551
2,717.14
469.04
1900
13
7
5
8
35.00
35.00
535
1,896.60
2,389.74
1919
12
7.5
1
11
60.00
49.00
461
8,855.40
3,093.49
135
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
452
401.00
1860
6
8
6
· ·
20.00 25.00
1919
5
8.5
1
4
110.50
70.00
191
-
5
·
Line Lexington .. 1884
1
7
1
. .
. . .
..
51 42
357.39
173.81
1919
1
9
1
70.00
31
596.52
265.59
Lower Gwynedd .. 1900
50.00
154
4,801.24
840.48
1919
6
9
. .
6
73.34
208
6,306.18
1,051.14
Lower Merion .... 1844
6
12
6
2
25.00
16.00
699
1,638.81
748.00
1884
16
10
4
12
50.00
41.26
835
11,110.10
1,017.27
1900
35
10
5
36
72.00
57.80
1,702
31,293.36
7,886.74
1900
99
9.5
10
91
194.40
100.40
2,709
274,910.70
12,470.00
Lower Moreland. 1919
7
9
1
6
125.00
63.33
178
11,117.62
1,839.40
Lower Pottsgrove. 1900
5
7
1
4
35.00
35.00
184
1,252.18
747.93
1919
4
7
. .
4
60.00
129
2,348.86
1,046.04
Lower Providence 1844
6
9
6
22.89
502
1,071.03
393.00
1860
S
7
8
30.00
449
2,619.26
140.97
1884
8
8
3
5
41.67
40.40
371
3,235.36
340.10
1900
8
8.5
2
1
42.50
38.29
244
2,896.28
1,397.97
1919
8
9
2
6
70.00
65.84
258
10,229.83
1,902.40
Lower Salford .... 1860
7
4
7
24.00
379
908.53
140.97
1884
10
5
7
36.00
36.00
461
2,267.81
336.33
1900
10
7
9
1
39.44
35.00
400
2,505.09
1,835.75
1919
10
7
5
5
60.00
61.00
387
5,224.86
1,956.90
Marlborough
. .1844
5
5
5
· ·
. . .
.
285
262.49
313.00
1860
6
6
6
21.82
301
742.65
137.41
1844
5
5
4
1
31.25
30.00
175
1.025.08
237.54
1900
5
7
2
4
32.00
35.00
178
860.16
1,033.77
1919
4
8
2
2
67.50
57.50
130
1,918.62
766.45
·
45.00 40.00
396.65
44.49
1900
1
9
1
. .
4
10
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4
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STATISTICS
136
3
17.00
·
Montgomery ..... 1844
3
9
3
1. 18.00
14.00
286 212
1,050.00
85.53
1884
3
8
1
2
45.00
45.00
161
971.37
178.72
1900
4
9
2
2
42.00
42.00
103
834.40
664.55
1919
3
8.4
3
61.33
106
2,342.18
491.07
Moreland
. . . . 1860
7
10
6
1
30.24
25.00
605
3,502.89
205.92
1884
7
10
4
3
45.00
33.33
309
3,987.50
392.88
1900
11
10
. .
.
42.00
386
7,066.03
1,889.43
Narberth
1900
4
10
1
4
75.00
40.75
159
4,463.70
541.39
1919
20
10
3
18
183.00
89.50
626
35,416.80
2,282.42
New Hanover ...
.1860
11
4
13
19.61
532
1,503.16
165.13
1884
9
5
9
30.00
330
2,137.50
237.54
1900
9
7
6
3
34.50
35.00
328
1,910.94
1,605.00
1919
9
7
2
7
57.50
56.43
231
3,509.55
1,702.21
Norristown
.1844
7
12
2
5
31.67
18.00
648
1,804.09
702.00
1860
21
10
5
16
45.00
23.00
2,312
10,280.60
706.86
1884
43
10
4
40
87.50
40.14
2,811
35,380.70
3,310.94
1900
70
10
8
67
94.37
46.38
3,218
53,994.97
15,997.09
1919
117
8.82
14
103
131.43
76.38
4,503
153,830.98
22,904.50
Norriton
1844
5 1/2
8
5
1
23.00
18.00
196
800.11
356.00
1860
7
9
5
2
25.00
20.00
375
1,499.00
126.62
1884
5
8
2
3
38.00
38.00
199
1,807.52
319.74
1900
7
9
1
6
40.00
48.33
263
3,342.94
1,246.66
North Wales
. . .. 1884
3
9
3
34.34
211
1,431.52
153.84
1900
7
10
1
6
80.00
42.92
265
4,173.99
1,044.45
1919
11
9.2
1
10
168.42
73.99
396
8,806.05
2,441.78
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.
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
137
1,175.00
259.00
1860
3
6
3
24.00
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·
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.
12
· ·
.
·
138
Pennsburg .
1884
2
6
1
1 50.00
32.00
115
832.56
134.23 772.42
1900
4
9
3
1
38.33
32.00
189
1,819.80
1919
7
8.15
3
4
73.50
60.00
244
4,855.84
1,692.78
Perkiomen-
1860
8
5
8
25.00
493
1,446.05
170.28
Skippack
1884
12
6
8
4
37.62
37.25
618
3,445.65
501.47
1900
7
8
3
4
41.66
35.00
219
2,256.04
1,118.51
1919
3
7.6
3
63.33
108
2,174.87
551.07
Plymouth
.1844
6
11
5
3
22.00
15.00
398
900.00
397.00
1860
5
10
3
2
25.00
21.00
406
2,086.08
161.17
1884
5
10
2
3
35.00
35.00
304
1,950.89
426.81
1900
7
10
1
6
60.00
40.00
292
4,286.52
1,456.33
1919
11
10
11
64.77
521
16,228.70
2,685.78
Pottsgrove . . . . . 1860
25.00
573
1,589.72
161.56
1884
20
6
10
11
32.00
32.00
1.042
6,381.52
723.17
Pottstown
.1844
3
7
·
7
1
7
40.00
21.28
483
2,753.69
193.25
1884
22
10
4
18
45.00
32.61
1,100
15,126.28
1,060.25
1900
58
10
15
50
54.66
34.34
2,842
33,602.56
12,118.28
1919
76
8.5
11
70
108.17
66.40
2,759
86,843.00
19,604.50
Red Hill
1919
5
8
2
3
75.00
58.33
178
3,415.90
948.95
Rockledge
.
1900
2
10
1
1
60.00
47.50
99
1,417.63
438.68
1919
5
10
. .
. .
71.20
199
7,450.86
1,029.45
Royersford
... 1884
3
7
1
2
40.00
27.50
212
1,555.59
115.38
1900
11
9
3
9
55.00
41.00
554
6,402.41
2,297.82
1919
17
8.08
3
14
96.25
70.83
584
16,801.87
4,515.11
. .
4
11
.
20.00
14.00
190
392.53
239.00
1860
11
·
.
.
STATISTICS
.
5
Salford
1900 1919
4
7
4
·
35.00 61.67
50.00
118
835.56 2,221.50
739.44 805.76
Schwenksville .... 1919
5
8.5
. .
5
70.00
119
1,968.65
1,682.45
Skippack . .
. 1900
8
8
1
4
40.00
39.50
305
2,000.99
1,320.84
1919
8
8
4
4
63.75
62.50
268
6,035.86
1,614.21
Souderton
1900
5
9
2
3
51.25
40.00
197
2,200.84
863.21 3,829.30
Swamp
.1884
1
8
1
40.00
64
343.48
59.57
1900
1
8
1
40.00
37
282.57
188.85
1919
1
8
. .
. .
60.00
42
673.16
144.69
Springfield
. .. 1860
4
10
4
1
30.00
14.00
335
1,342.06
81.57
1884
4
10
2
2
50.00
42.50
219
2,631.48
263.18
1900
9
10
2
7
60.00
44.57
396
7,522.94
1,581.74
1919
16
10
16
77.19
437
22,959.14
2,463.11
Sumneytown
. . . . . 1884
2
5
2
. .
. .
77
402.37
66.74
1900
2
8
2
43.00
72
622.37
379.50
1900
3
8
1
2
70.00
60.00
99
1,888.20
546.72
Towamencin
. 1860
6
4
6
24.00
317
919.25
94.25
1884
6
7
6
1
40.00
40.00
310
3,038.62
243.57
1900
1
7
5
2
38.00
40.00
261
2,096.70
1,150.48
1919
6
7.5
1
5
70.00
67.00
194
4,327.82
1,416.33
Trappe
1884
4
7
1
3
45.00
38.33
165
1,794.48
216.42
1900
2
9
2
40.00
58
695.75
353.43
1919
2
9
.
2
65.00
52
1,683.64
492.38
139
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TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
183
4
7
3
1
2
1919
17
9
4
13
97.11
64.62
747
18,835.37
·
1
. .
.
30.00
·
. .
Upper Dublin ... 1860
5
10
2
3 2
28.00 45.00
22.00 42.50
408 263
1,606.26 2,678.52
318.55
1900
9
10
9
45.00
331
5,713.01
596.66
1919
17
10
1
16
70.00
72.19
464
25,882.59
2,768.61
Upper Gwynedd .. 1900
5
9
3
2
45.00
42.00
266
1,990.44
1,145.21
1919
8
9
2
6
95.00
70.00
284
9,171.29
1,842.52
Upper Hanover .. 1860
10
4
10
25.00
519
1,036.92
198.00
1884
9
5
9
32.00
446
1,373.19
350.65
1900
11
7
7
4
35.00
35.00
439
2,313.67
1,990.33
1919
9
7
2
7
60.00
51.43
270
4,388.53
1,448.71
Upper Merion
. . . 1844
8
11
8
22.00
696
1,858.00
695.00
1860
10
10
6
4
30.00
25.00
680
4,268.36
281.16
1884
12
10
12
40.00
418
6,127.76
583.67
1900
13
10
17
38.33
622
6,293.75
2,766.55
1919
20
10
20
61.83
840
20,554.98
4,029.30
Upper Moreland .. 1919
9
8.5
9
73.33
281
11,904.83
2,131.09
Upper Pottsgrove. 1900
8
7
4
4
35.00
35.00
330
1,693.63
1,439.73
1919
2
7.
. .
·
. .
52.50
65
1,295.64
313.38
Upper Providence. 1860
11
6
11
27.00
704
3,095.26
229.68
1884
12
7
4
8
40.00
40.00
605
5,189.79
537.67
1900
14
8
3
12
40.00
40.00
494
5,480.01
2,405.70
1919
14
8
4
10
75.50
58.50
558
15,073.30
2,822.66
Upper Salford ... 1860
7
4
7
21.00
353
860.00
156.02
1884
8
5
8
33.00
450
2,640.41
371.00
1900
5
1
4
1
35.00
35.00
188
1,020.61
945.28
1919
5
7
3
2
51.67
52.50
141
2,433.56
928.92
140
156.42
1884
5
10
3
.
·
·
. .
·
.
. .
. .
.
· ·
·
. .
·
.
2
. .
.
STATISTICS
W. Conshohocken.1900
6
10
1
6
88.75 137.50
37.78 59.17
217 313
3,970.18 6,207.00
1,590.88
1919
8
10
1
6
2,094.83
West Norriton .. 1919
7
8
1
7
122.00
74.64
225
8,473.89
991.89
West Pottsgrove .. 1919
9
7
3
6
70.83
59.58
332
5,673.23
2,022.81
West Telford
.... 1900
2
8.5
2
40.00
100
644.53
416.03
1919
5
8
3
71.67
55.00
173
3,194.16
906.67
Whitemarsh
. . . . . 1844
6
9
6
1
25.00
18.00
492
1,000.00
573.00
1860
9
10
5
4
30.00
20.00
551
5,436.73
281.54
1884
11
10
11
42.98
504
5,575.59
613.00
1900
13
10
2
11
55.00
41.35
521
6,629.57
2,769.61
1919
7
10
2
13
99.67
73.65
560
20,028.24
3,002.35
Whitpain
1860
6
09
6
27.00
441
2,944.78
132.66
1884
6
9
1
5
38.00
34.80
206
2,410.54
299.37
1900
7
8
1
6
60.00
40.00
226
3,626.04
1,358.15
1919
9
7.65
1
5
95.00
63.00
160
8,833.96
1,398.02
Worcester
.1860
7
6
7
24.00
389
1,756.16
156.42
1884
7
7
4
4
40.00
37.60
357
3,339.18
328.79
1900
8
8
5
3
45.00
36.67
270
2,125.94
1,353.59
1919
6
8
1
5
70.00
75.00
243
7,276.85
1,755.28
· ·
. .
·
.
· ·
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
141
TABLE III-GROWTH OF POPULATION
1920
1900
1900
1860
1830
1800
Ambler Borough
8,684
5,896
3,803
2,058
1,524
1,080
Bridgeport Borough
4,680
3.860
3,097
1,011
. .
.
· . .
Cheltenham Township
11,015
8,434
6,154
1,981
934
680
Collegeville Borough
681
621
611
Conshohocken Borough
8,481
7,480
5,762
1,741
Douglass Township
1,599
1,628
1,650
1,579
941
1,297
East Greenville Borough
1,620
1,235
894
East Norriton Township
643
556
Franconia Township
1,639
2,239
2,036
1,579
998
629
Frederick Township
1,405
1,512
1,690
1,783
1,047
697
Greenlane Borough
332
872
272
1,976
1,402
906
Hatboro Borough
1,102
963
823
. . . .
. . . .
. . .
Hatfield Township
1,789
1,600
1,497
1,310
835
520
Horsham Township
1,189
1,290
1,157
1,323
1,086
781
Jenkintown Borough
3,366
2,968
2,091
. . . .
. .
.
. .. .
Limerick Township
2,400
2,267
2,250
2,413
1,743
999
Lower Gwynedd Township
1,363
1,182
1,195
Lower Merion Township
23,866
17,671
13,271
4,423
2,524
1,422
Lower Pottsgrove Township
779
704
665
Lower Providence Township
2,221
1,790
1,625
1,578
1,193
Lower Salford Township
1,692
1,712
1,763
1,473
830
524
Marlboro Township
1,014
1,195
1,129
1,332
952
645
Montgomery Township
787
794
· 724
998
911
546
Moreland
2,880
2,462
2,236
2,044
1,282
Narberth Borough
3,704
1,790
847
. . .
. .
. . .
.
. ..
. .
.
.
·
Hatfield Borough
830
705
528
Lansdale Borough
4,728
3,551
2,754
Lower Moreland Township
1,126
·
.
· . . .
. . .
·
.
.
.
3,094
2,649
1,884
. . . .
Bryn Athyn Borough
392
. .
·
STATISTICS
142
Abington Township
Gwynedd
.
New Hanover Township
1,355
1,429 27,875
1,611
1,873
1,344
1,595
Norristown Borough
32,319
22,265
8,848
1,089
Norriton Township
1,177
1,406
1,139
922
North Wales Borough
2,041
1,710
1,287
Pennsburg Borough
1,404
1,141
1,032
1,840
1,278
781
Perkiomen Township
539
598
1,082
Plymouth Township
3,201
2,706
1,949
1,689
1,091
572
Pottsgrove
Pottstown Borough
17,431
15,599
13,696
2,380
676
Red Hill Borough
787
664
Rockledge Borough
1,029
879
512
Royersford Borough
3,278
3,073
2,607
Salford Township
700
722
789
Schwenksville Borough
337
381
Skippack Township
1,195
1,277
1,248
Souderton Borough
3,125
1,875
1.077
Springfield Township
3,374
2,994
2,400
1,067
668
460
Towamencin Township
1,166
1,160
1,095
1,137
669
473
Trappe Borough . .
412
398
324
Upper Dublin Township
3,045
2,936
1,933
1,437
1,292
744
Upper Gwynedd Township
1,534
1,516
1,328
Upper Hanover Township
1,368
1,644
1,997
2,125
1,300
738
Upper Merion Townshop
4,005
3,910
3,480
3,427
1,618
993
Upper Moreland Township
2,195
Upper Pottsgrove Township
501
454
450
Upper Providence Township
3,057
2,827
2,574
Upper Salford Township
729
773
876
1,684
1,108
676
West Conshohocken Borough
2,331
2,202
1,958
West Norriton Township
1,375
812
West Pottsgrove Township
1,709
1,507
891
·
.
·
.
West Telford Borough
921
664
534
Whitemarsh Township
3,436
3,359
3,350
3,048
1,924
1.085
Whitpain Township
1,826
1,528
1,442
1,402
1,137
771
Worcester Township
1,364
1,433
1,397
1,667
1,135
782
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
.
.
.
.
. . . .
143
.
.
·
. .
. . .
.
. .
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
Perkiomen-Skippack
1,853
1,302
144
STATISTICS
TABLE IV-VALUATION
Males between ages
21-45 years last mili-
tary enrollment, 1920
Property taxable for
County Purposes
Property
State Purposes
Abington Township
632
$14,033,590
$7,154,390
Ambler Borough
457
2,364,600
436,995
Bridgeport Borough
673
2,457,310
87,650
Bryn Athyn Borough
49
553,865
2,453,800
Cheltenham Township
1,075
17,899,810
32,183,040
Collegeville Borough
90
601,500
179,675
Conshohocken Borough
1,102
4,272,695
671,355
Douglass Township
197
877,005
232,350
East Greenville Borough
241
836,045
258,180
East Norriton Township
89
661,000
185,360
Franconia Township
211
1,098,480
241,260
Greenlane Borough
52
209,580
39,275
Hatboro Borough
120
805,520
288,430
Hatfield Borough
125
635,010
130,405
Hatfield Township
230
1,472,050
318,580
Horsham Township
142
1,507,570
643,130
Jenkintown Borough
546
3,047,210
2,106,695
Lansdale Borough
677
2,383,055
1,112,710
Limerick Township
364
1,530,150
252,525
Lower Frederick
569,345
69,440
Lower Gwynedd Township
79
1,838,250
1,794,180
Lower Merion Township
1,963
41,151,925
71,573,515
Lower Moreland Township .
96
1,526,475
362,500
Lower Pottsgrove Township.
120
622,450
127,320
Lower Providence Township.
166
1,704,625
243,300
Lower Salford Township
245
1,184,180
469,595
Marlboro Township
107
592,190
83,310
Montgomery Township
100
742,865
215,575
Narberth Borough
303
3,359,175
648,170
New Hanover Township
161
802,135
169,155
Norristown Borough .
4,348
21,004,135
12,476,150
North Wales Borough
299
1,217,250
391,405
Pennsburg Borough
172
763,415
225,630
Perkiomen Township
71
474,450
60,590
Plymouth Township
252
2,871,320
351,450
Pottstown Borough
2,753
11,757,075
3,341,705
Red Hill Borough
139
408,095
126,070
Rockledge Borough
143
1,145,370
152,435
taxable for
Frederick Township
150
145
TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
Royersford Borough
457
1,714,590
1,109,430
Salford Township
83
386,040
120,050
Schwenksville Borough
52
308,900
206,350
Skippack Township
177
1,035,505
143,930
Souderton Borough
473
1,947,735
722,435
Springfield Township
429
5,710,205
3,233,870
Towamencin Township
107
799,970
186,550
Trappe Borough
43
347,475
87,415
Upper Dublin Township
243
3,387,975
2,757,310
Upper Frederick
461,620
130,040
Upper Gwynedd Township.
210
1,291,665
245,625
Upper Hanover Township ..
211
954,325
196,810
Upper
Merion Township
121
4,376,535
575,555
Upper Moreland Township.
271
1,995,400
490,770
Upper Pottsgrove Township
67
217,110
58,380
Upper Providence Township
287
1,720,840
270,855
Upper Salford Township
105
473,915
101,600
West Conshohocken Borough
355
928,035
46,900
West Norriton Township
165
1,694,170
233,140
West Pottsgrove Township ..
150
774,385
35,290
West Telford Borough
160
458,980
89,015
Whitemarsh Township
665
3,394,820
991,720
Whitpain Township
141
1,837,875
638,820
Worcester Township
200
1,150,665
1,279,500
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146
STATISTICS TABLE V -- ROAD EXPENSES
Fees, etc.
State Road
Maintenance
Loans and
Interest
Repairs of
Earth Roads
New Roads and Permanent
Improvements
Douglass
$
317.48 $. . . ...
$ 1,079.34 $3,726.85 $5,747.20
Franconia
495.44
5,980.23
2,198.53
2,060.62
Frederick
220.06
1,724.13
3,019.40
Hatfield
381.79
8,458.10
1,587.84
522.27
808.70
Horsham
475.24
1,948.79
4,850.30
1,564.95
779.06
Limerick.
933.49
1,729.57
19,597.00
2,213.00
5,310.69
Lower Gwynedd .. .
663.06 10,985.36
670.00 300.55
11.75
Lower Pottsgrove.
243.30
8,552.71
9,935.69
1,043.41
161.75
Lower Salford ....
227.05
1,516.99
3,934.15
Marlborough .
252.58
952.82
274.12
4,842.50
Montgomery ..
190.64
2,952.49
1,601.50
316.20
Lower Moreland ..
602.34
6,820.93
375.00
985.79
3,441.68
New Hanover
384.93
2,525.41
4,294.00
3,141.17
Perkiomen
112.99
903.09
1,680.79
Plymouth .
270.00
172.10
1,347.00 426.31
Salford.
189.55
1,325.73
1,833.00
1,317.14
Skippack.
360.11
3,097.56
1,243.65
8,572.13
Towamencin
246.28
1,130.92
1,025.67
866.20
3,235.99
Upper Dublin .
1,094.32
7,500.00
5,071.39
5,160.86 45.00
Upper Gwynedd. ..
757.95
1,521.30
1,153.90
4,189.40
2,701.64
5,920.16
Upper Merion ....
700.17 13,472.36
1,215.75
301.35
375.85
Upper Providence.
516.21
2,085.42
10,922.35
943.39 13,152.99
Upper Pottsgrove.
94.06
249.60
1,544.00
145.64
Upper Salford ....
252.00
1,353.79
3,361.68
West Norriton ....
803.49
4,741.43
3,157.83
354.35
9,625.70
West Pottsgrove ..
341.52
.
377.60
3,037.26
Whitemarsh.
1,368.15
3,510.50
1,394.33
171.75 20,798.96
Whitpain
531.04
1,046.32
75.00
7,584.22
Worcester
410.20
3,572.62
4,907.58
1,916.87
4,511.58
Abington
Cheltenham
Springfield
. ..
·
·
Upper Hanover ...
407.04
5,575.25
Lower Providence.
467.18
147
STATISTICS
Machinery
Wages of
Roadmasters
Obstructions
Removal of
Snows and
Miscellaneous
Unimproved Roads
Improved Roads
Douglass
$
66.74 $ 801.50 $ . . . . . . $
120.49
61.1
Franconia
752.45
601.75
126.50
311.08
62.5
10.5
Frederick
14.90
1,110.65
41.45
217.76
35
25
Hatfield
59.17
459.81
15.50
244.11
20
23
Horsham
478.55
609.00
275.50
39
18
Limerick.
68.22
1,669.40
194.15
304.83
54
22
Lower Gwynedd .
1,262.81
159.90
651.71
20
28
Lower Pottsgrove ..
620.00
384.40
36.90
345.94
10
25
Lower Providence ..
13.23
1,040.00
10.05
247.74
25.7
22.5
Lower Salford.
72.51
646.50
47.23
256.69
64
6
Marlborough.
8.80
479.62
96.25
201.39
15
12.7
Lower Moreland.
245.23
123.00
138.50
29.04 140
9.5
New Hanover
16.70
676.86
134.00
27.50
40
31
Perkiomen .
6.74
238.35
26.70
148.82
15
6
Plymouth
25.85
1,237.50
48.50
310.23
25
23
Salford
497.21
695.04
27.69
454.46
42.3
8
Skippack.
194.39
19.58
997.29
28
11
Upper Dublin .
19.78
378.75
40.40
583.17
18.1
10.7
Upper Gwynedd.
624.11
1,356.56
70.77
253.37
58
20.6
Upper Hanover.
45.75
2,297.50
219.86
10
46.6
Upper Merion. . ..
347.93
916.45
27.50
317.56
36
23
Upper Providence ..
14.69
249.45
74.10
170.92
18
27.8
4.8
Upper Salford.
218.78
853.05
49.65
4,532.40
16
17.3
West Norriton . ...
31.59
128.80
183.22
48.00
139.52
3.4
6.4
West Pottsgrove ...
382.00
1,805.71
53.12
Whitpain.
45.00
817.10
122.40
. . . . .
50
14
Worcester.
340.56
886.30
30.46
36,454.87
36
72
Abington . .
71,056.00
13.5
14
Cheltenham
21,245.74
5
28
Springfield
.
1,763.60
1,820.00
10
32.6
133.85
51.25
40
...
Montgomery .
152.90
184.73
87.69
31
7
.
4.15
Whitemarsh .
5.5
37
4.4
28
Upper Pottsgrove ..
36.50
Towamencin .
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STATISTICS
TABLE VI-DEALERS PAYING MERCANTILE TAXES
Retail Dealers
Eating Houses
Wholesale
Dealers
Real Estate
Billiard and
Pool Rooms
Abington
62
1
.
7
1
Ambler
99
5
1
4
5
Bridgeport
71
2
2
2
4
Cheltenham
97
5
3
6
4
Collegeville
20
2
2
2
. .
Conshohocken
193
4
2
5
10
Douglass
28
1
1
2
1
East Greenville
45
1
1
1
1
Frederick
43
5
1
2
. .
Greenlane
8
. .
·
1
. .
Gwynedd
9
· ·
. .
. .
Hatboro
47
1
·
4
1
Hatfield Borough
21
2
1
. .
1
Hatfield Township
6
. .
. .
. .
. .
Jenkintown
73
3
3
11
1
Lansdale
109
5
5
8
3
· Limerick
30
4
.
1
2
Lower Gwynedd
1
. .
Lower Merion
166
7
3
16
1
Lower Pottsgrove Lower Providence
18
2
. .
2
1
Lower Salford
23
1
1
. .
. .
Marlborough
12
1
. .
. .
. .
Moreland
59
6
2
3
1
Narberth
15
. .
. .
1
1
Norristown
187
33
43
52
20
North Wales
47
1
. .
4
1
Pennsburg
38
3
. .
. .
. .
Perkiomen
13
1
1
. .
1
Pottstown
391
16
40
15
7
Red Hill
14
1
. .
. .
·
.
.
56
3
1
3
2
.
.
·
·
·
·
·
.
·
1
. .
New Hanover
11
. .
. .
1
·
Norriton
11
.
. .
1
. .
Plymouth
25
Rockledge
3
. .
. .
. .
Royersford
·
1
·
·
.
17
2
1
Montgomery
3
Horsham
11
1
1
Franconia
30
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Salford
9
1
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1
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Schwenksville
17
1
1
1
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Skippack
13
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Souderton
67
4
4
6
1
Springfield
40
2
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Towamencin
14
1
2
Trappe
9
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Upper Dublin
16
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1
Upper Hanover
18
1
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Upper Merion
22
Upper and West Pottsgrove.
28
1
Upper Providence
28
1
2
1
Upper Salford
13
1
1
West Conshohocken
25
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2
2
West Telford
21
1
1
1
Whitemarsh
34
3
1
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Whitpain
16
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Worcester
12
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Upper Gwynedd
15
2
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CHAPTER IX BIOGRAPHY
SOME OF THE NOTEWORTHY MEN
AARON, SAMUEL, 1800-1865, born in Bucks county; entered ministry, 1828; Norristown pastor, 1841; principal of Tree- mount Seminary, 1844-1859; great temperance advocate; died at Mounty Holly, N. J., 1865.
JOHN J. AUDUBON (1780-1851)
ACKER, E. L., 1827-1904, born in Marlborough, publisher, post- master of Norristown, superintendent of public schools of county; member of Congress.
ALBRIGHT, REV. JACOB, 1759-1808, born in Fox Hill, Potts- grove township; moved to Lancaster county; tilemaker; founded Evangelical church, 1796.
ANTES, FREDERICK, 1730-1801, son of Henry; earnest patriot and colonel in Revolutionary War; Pa. Assembly, 1776; iron
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founder who cast first four-pounder pieces in America; office holder in Northumberland county, where he died.
ANTES, HENRY, 1701-1755, immigrant; "the pious farmer, teacher, Reformed layman of Frederick;" manager of secular affairs of Moravian church, 1745-1750.
ANTES, JOHN, 1740, son of Henry; watchmaker; missionary in Egypt; pastor in Bristol, England, where he died.
APPLE, JOHN D., 1808-1852, born in New York; prominent scholar; surveyor and justice of the peace, Marlborough town- ship.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, 1780-1851, born in Louisiana; resident of Lower Providence; great naturalist; went to England to publish his book, "The Birds of America;" died in New York. AUGE, MOSES, 1811-1898, born in Delaware; resided in Norris- town; writer, historian, editor, publisher.
BEAN, THEODORE W., COL., 1833-1891, blacksmith by trade; officer in Civil War, 1862-1865; admitted to bar, 1869; Pa. Legislature, 1889; scholar, historian, editor of history of county.
BOEHM, REV. JOHN PHILIP, immigrant 1720, died 1749; or- ganizer of Reformed churches; resided in Whitpain; buried at Boehm's church, which he founded.
BOILEAU, HON. N. B., 1763-1850; Princeton, 1788; Pa. Assem- bly, eight years; speaker, 1808; secretary of Commonwealth, nine years; resident of Hatboro.
BOMBERGER, REV. J. H. A., D. D., 1817-1890, born in Lancaster county ; graduate of Marshall College; founder and for twenty years president of Ursinus College.
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