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Edge Hill
Edge Hill (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°6′12″N75°9′48″W / 40.10333°N 75.16333°W / 40.10333; -75.16333
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Montgomery
Township Cheltenham
CommissionerJ. Andrew Sharkey
Elevation
302 ft (92 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
ZIP code
19038
Area codes 215, 267 and 445

Edge Hill is an unincorporated community in Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Edge Hill is located along Pennsylvania Route 152 between Pennsylvania Route 73 and Mount Carmel Avenue. [1]

Edge Hill is a suburb of Philadelphia.

A stone quarry was established in Edge Hill in the 1880s. [2]

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References

  1. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Map) (18th ed.). 1"=2000'. ADC Map. 2006. p. 3370. § C4. ISBN   0-87530-775-2.
  2. Herman, Andrew Mark (2005). Eastern Montgomery County Revisited. Arcadia. p. 45.