Holmesburg, Philadelphia
Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Holmesburg was named in Honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, who was a cartographer.
Holmesburg | |
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia | |
Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church, on Frankford Avenue, was established in 1849 | |
Holmesburg | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′31″N 75°01′41″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| City | Philadelphia |
| Area code(s) | 215, 267, and 445 |
The Surveyor General had no apparent business relationship or blood kinship to one John Holme, a Baptist minister and magistrate who immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1680s from New Jersey.
John Holme's descendants were land speculators and became very prominent citizens in Holmesburg, who owned a portion of the Pennypack grist mill and a lumber business, establishing an estate called Box Grove.
Holmesburg is bordered to the west by Brous Avenue to Ryan Avenue to Sandy Run/Pennypack Creek to Holme Avenue to Holme Circle to Ashton Road to Willits Road, the Delaware River to the east, and Cottman Avenue to the south. The border shared with Torresdale to the north is Welsh/Willits/Academy Road and then over to Linden Avenue. Holmesburg's ZIP code is 19136.