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Passyunk Township (Lenape Pahsayunk 'in the valley'[1] from pahsaek 'valley') was a township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
History
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This township ceased to exist when it was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia, following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.[2]
References
- ^ "pahsayunk". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- ^ Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683–1854 [1] (Daly, John; Weinberg, Allen (October 1966). Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions (Second ed.). Philadelphia Dept. of Records.)
Additional sources
- Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware Volume I: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638–1664 (1911)
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