Kingsessing Township

E809871

Kingsessing Township was a former township in what is now West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its early colonial settlement and later incorporation into the city of Philadelphia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kingsessing Township canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former township ⓘ
historic municipality ⓘ
adjacentTo Blockley Township ⓘ
Darby Creek ⓘ
Delaware River ⓘ
Mill Creek ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Lenape people ⓘ
linked to: Lenape
country United States ⓘ
formerNameOfArea Kingsessing neighborhood ⓘ
governedBy Philadelphia County authorities before 1854 ⓘ
hasEtymology derived from a Lenape word ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole administrative subdivision prior to Philadelphia consolidation ⓘ
early colonial settlement area ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of rural township absorbed into urban municipality ⓘ
illustrates expansion of Philadelphia through consolidation ⓘ
incorporatedInto Philadelphia ⓘ
incorporationEvent Act of Consolidation, 1854 ⓘ
incorporationYear 1854 ⓘ
knownFor being one of the earliest settled areas in what became Philadelphia ⓘ
early Swedish and English colonial farms ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia County ⓘ
West Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedInTime 19th century ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Schuylkill River ⓘ
partOf City of Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
presentDayAreaIncludes Kingsessing neighborhood of West Philadelphia ⓘ
parts of Southwest Philadelphia ⓘ
presentDayJurisdiction Philadelphia city government ⓘ
region West Philadelphia region of the city ⓘ
linked to: West Philadelphia
status defunct civil township ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingsessing → historicalName → Kingsessing Township ⓘ
subject linked to: Kingsessing neighborhood