Huntingdon Valley

Huntingdon Valley is a village, as well as a suburban mailing address located in Lower Moreland Township and Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Lady Washington Inn is believed to have held first lady, Martha Washington while George Washington was at Valley Forge. The area surrounding the original village was very rural up until the latter half of the 20th century. Huntingdon Valley had regularly scheduled passenger train service until January 14, 1983 via SEPTA's Fox Chase-Newtown Rapid Transit Line; service ended due to failing diesel train equipment resulting in low ridership. With no rail or bus service, residents had to use either the Fox Chase train station or the Bethayres train station when traveling to Center City Philadelphia. In September 2009, the Southampton-based Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) began discussions with township officials along the railway. In 2014, Montgomery County officials decided to extend the Pennypack Trail over the derelict rail bed. The movie Can't Hardly Wait was written and directed by Lower moreland Alumnus Harry Elfont and is based on his experience at Lower Morelands High School. The Valley Swim Club filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on November 15, 2009, and has since gone out of business. Forest Hills Cemetery is the resting place of War II figure Jack Agnew, loosely inspiration of the novel, The Dirty Dozen and film The Dozen Notzen. The town is located in Bucks County and bordering theFox Chase section of Philadelphia County.

History

Huntingdon Valley is the primary city name, but also Huntingdon Vy are acceptable city names or spellings, Bethayres on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The village of Huntingdon Valley is located along Huntingdon Pike (Pennsylvania Route 232) The Lady Washington Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The inn is believed to have held first lady, Martha Washington while George Washington was at Valley Forge. The Fetter's Mill Village Historic District is located in the valley through which the Pennypack Creek flows. The area surrounding the original village was very rural up until the latter half of the 20th century. The region saw early settlements and mills along the Pennysack Creek. The village is located on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which runs through the town. It is also the location of the Pennsylvania State Museum, which opened in 1903. The town is also home to the Pennsylvania National Guard, which was established in 1803. The Pennsylvania TurnPike was built in 1805 and was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place in 1810. It was also the birthplace of the U.S. Civil War, which began in 18th century and ended in 1818. The city is home to a number of historic buildings, including the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, which dates back to the 17th century, as well as the Pennypack Creek, which flows through the village. The Pennysack River, which is a tributary of the Penniesack River, flows into the Pennsylvania Phenomenal Creeks, and was used as a source of water in the early 19th century.

Living standards

Huntingdon Valley (ZIP 19006), Pennsylvania, sales tax rate is 6.00%. Income tax is 4.07%. The income per capita is $45,125, which includes all adults and children. The median household income is $94,961. 90% of the Township is single-dwelling homes. The Township has one of the highest per capita incomes in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The average household income in Huntingdon Valley is $90,000. The township has a population of 6,000, the highest in the Greater Philadelphia area. It is located on the banks of the Susquehannock River, which is a tributary of the Lackawanna River. The town is located near the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Routes, all of which are located in the Township of Huntingdon. The population of the township is 6,500, the lowest in the Philadelphia area, with the highest being the town of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which has the highest population of 7,500. The area has the lowest unemployment rate in the state, at 2.7%.

Lorimer Park

Lorimer Park is 213 acres (0.86 km²) of woods and meadows. The park borders Fox Chase Farm, one of the two remaining active farms in Philadelphia County. It is located in the Huntingdon Valley section of the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia County, near the city's downtown area. It was established in the early 1900s by the city of Philadelphia to protect the area from flooding. It has been open to the public since the 1930s, and is one of Philadelphia's oldest parks. It opened in the 1950s and is located on the site of the former Fox Chase farm, which is still in use today. It also borders Pennypack Park, which was built in the 1960s and 1970s to protect nearby land from flooding and other hazards. It's located near the town of Huntingdon, in Philadelphia's Fox Chase area, and borders the city’s downtown area, where it was originally built in 1950s. It includes the historic Lorimer House, which dates back to the 17th century. It contains a number of historic buildings, including a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion, and an 18th- century Gothic Revival building, which stands on a hilltop in the center of the park. Its name comes from the Lorimer family, who first settled in the area in the 18th century and moved to Huntingdon in the 19th century, and later moved to the site in the 20th century to protect it from floods and other problems.

School districts

Students in Huntingdon Valley attend one of several school districts. The movie Can't Hardly Wait was written and directed by Lower Moreland Alumnus Harry Elfont and is based on his experience at the school. Residents who live in Bucks County attend Centennial School District.

Passenger trains

Huntingdon Valley had regularly scheduled passenger train service until January 14, 1983 via SEPTA's Fox Chase-Newtown Rapid Transit Line. Service ended due to failing diesel train equipment resulting in low ridership. In the ensuing years, there was interest in resuming the long-dormant passenger service. In September 2009, the Southampton-based Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) began discussions with township officials along the railway. All plans for resuming train service were dropped in 2014 when Montgomery County officials decided to extend the Pennypack Trail over the derelict rail bed. With no rail or bus service, residents had to use either the Fox Chase train station or the Bethayres train station when traveling to Center City Philadelphia. The traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, and the fox Chase-newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999. The Fox Chase bus service was replaced by a Fox Chase shuttle bus in 2002. The bus service has since been discontinued. The train service was canceled in 2014. The PennypACK Trail was built over the rail bed in 2014 and will run for about 20 miles. It is expected to relieve traffic congestion in the region. It will also provide an alternative route for commuters to get to and from Center City. The rail line was shut down in 1983 due to problems with the diesel engine. It has not been replaced with a new diesel engine since. It was not known if the rail line will ever be used again.

Valley Swim Club

The Valley Swim Club was sold at auction for $1.46 million on Thursday, 13 May 2010. The swim club filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on November 15, 2009, and has since gone out of business. United States Chief Bankruptcy Judge Steven Raslavich has jurisdiction over the case and the assets of the club are being administered by United States Trustee Terry P. Dershaw. A group of mostly African-American children from a day care center were removed from the club due to the children's race. In September 2009, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission found probable cause that racism was involved. In July 2009, a nationally publicized incident occurred at the Valley Swim club in Huntingdon Valley. The day care Center successfully filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the club in July 2009. The case was settled out of court on July 15,2009. The lawsuit was settled at a hearing held in Philadelphia on July 17, 2009. In the settlement, the day careCenter was awarded $1 million. The club was sold to a private buyer on May 13, 2010, for a total of $2.4 million. It has since been sold to an undisclosed buyer. It is unclear who will take over the club's finances. The sale of the swim club was the largest bankruptcy in the history of the U.S. banking industry. It was the second largest in the state of Pennsylvania, after the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia Swim Club in 2008. The first was the bankruptcy case of the New York City Swim Club.