Today, red foxes, white-footed mice, horned owls, skunks, raccoons, crayfish, songbirds, butterflies, and white-tailed deer populate the township. After World War Two, Lower Merion transformed from a farming township to a suburban one, and wildlife changed accordingly. When Europeans arrived, they began cutting down the forests, chasing away much of the wildlife. Route 30 and Pennsylvania Routes 23 and 320.īefore European settlement, Lower Merion's dense forest was home to bears, cougars, wolves, rattlesnakes, otters, beavers, weasels, turkeys, grouses, woodland bison, trout, and bald eagles. Other highways serving the Township are U.S. The famed Mid-County Interchange is located just outside the Township. The Township's eastern border is along the Schuylkill River which is paralleled by the Schuylkill Expressway ( I-76), a limited access roadway that connects to Philadelphia and the Valley Forge Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. In back of these buildings are the One-Ninety-One Condominiums and the Bala Cynwyd Plazas. Along City Ave, starting with the Schuylkill Expressway and continuing on to Lord & Taylor at Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwyd, is what is known as the "Golden Mile" which also includes the radio and television studios of WCAU, the Exxon Building, the Fox Building and the Germantown Savings Bank Building. Route 1) separating it from the City of Philadelphia. The Borough of Narberth, a separate political entity of one-half square mile, is completely surrounded by the Township.įorming the Township's southern border is City Avenue ( U.S. The Township is bounded by the City of Philadelphia, the Boroughs of Conshohocken and West Conshohocken, and the Townships of Upper Merion and Whitemarsh in Montgomery County and by the Townships of Haverford and Radnor in Delaware County. GeographyĪccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.9 square miles (61.8 km²), of which, 23.7 square miles (61.4 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.67%) is water. The Mill Creek Historic District, and Seville Theatre are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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