Montgomery County, colloquially referred to as Montco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553, making it the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
Audubon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named for naturalist John James Audubon, who lived there as a young man. The population was 8,433 at the 2010 census.
Collegeville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Philadelphia on Perkiomen Creek. Collegeville was incorporated in 1896. It is the location of Ursinus College, which opened in 1869. The population was 5,089 at the 2010 census.
East Greenville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,951 at the 2010 census. It is one of a strip of small towns that run together along Route 29, including Red Hill, Pennsburg, and East Greenville. The borough is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District.
Pennsburg is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 3,889 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District. It is also part of the strip of small towns that run together along Route 29: Red Hill, Pennsburg, and East Greenville. The towns are collectively referred to as Upper Perk.
Red Hill is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is primarily a lakeshore, lowlands, suburban community northwest of Philadelphia in the Delaware River Valley watershed, as is the balance of its county. Its population was 2,383 at the 2010 census.
Schwenksville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,431 at the 2020 census. It is notable for being located near the site of the Philadelphia Folk Festival. The borough was founded in 1684, when the Lenni-Lenape Indians ceded to William Penn the land along the Perkiomen Creek; it was incorporated in 1903. The borough was named for George Schwenk, whose son, Jacob Schwenk, served in George Washington's army.
Trappe is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,509 at the 2010 census. Augustus Lutheran Church, built in 1743, is the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation. It has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Shimerville is an unincorporated community, located on Pennsylvania Route 100 and Pennsylvania Route 29 South in Upper Milford Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The community is located outside and to the south of Macungie and to the west of Vera Cruz. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The Cradle of Liberty Council (#525) is a Boy Scouts of America council created in 1996 with the merger of the former Philadelphia Council and the former Valley Forge Council.
Graterford is an unincorporated community in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Upper Perkiomen School District is located in the northern corner of Montgomery County and the eastern corner of Berks County in the US state of Pennsylvania.
Perkiomen Creek is a 37.7-mile-long (60.7 km) tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. The water course was also named Perquaminck Creek, on Thomas Holme's 1687 map.
The Perkiomen Trail is a 19-mile-long (31 km) multi-use rail trail along the Perkiomen Creek in Pennsylvania.
The Perkiomen Valley Academy (PVA) day-treatment program is one of several individual treatment and alternative educational centers for adolescents in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The program serves twelve- to eighteen-year-old students from the eight school districts located in western Montgomery County.
The Upper St. Clair School District is a K–12 public school district serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Upper St. Clair. The district encompasses 9.83 mi2 (25.45 km2) and shares its boundaries with its namesake township. Upper Saint Clair School District features three elementary schools for grades K–4: Baker Elementary School, Eisenhower Elementary School, and Streams Elementary School. The district also includes two middle schools, Boyce Middle School and Fort Couch Middle School. Boyce Middle School contains the 5th and 6th grades while Fort Couch Middle School contains the 7th and 8th grades. Fort Couch MS is the oldest running school of the school district. Upper St. Clair High School hosts the 9th through 12th grades. According to 2020 census data, the district serves a resident population of 21,160.
Huffs Church is a village in western Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The West Branch Perkiomen Creek flows southeastward through the village to join the Perkiomen Creek in the Green Lane Reservoir. It is split between the Alburtis zip code of 18011 and that of the Barto zip code of 19504. Landhaven Bed & Breakfast is in the center of the village and includes five rooms, an antique general store, and occasional live music.
Chapel is a village located on Pennsylvania Route 29 and the Perkiomen Creek in Hereford Township, Berks County and Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It uses the 18070 zip code of Palm, which is located just to the southeast. It is served by the Upper Perkiomen School District and uses the area code of 215.
Landis Store is a village in District Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is drained by the West Branch Perkiomen Creek into the Perkiomen Creek in the Green Lane Reservoir. It is split between the Alburtis zip code of 18011, the Barto zip code of 19504, and the Boyertown zip code of 19512.
Center Point is an unincorporated community in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the junction of Routes 73 and 363. It is drained by the Zacharias Creek westward into the Skippack Creek, a tributary of the Perkiomen Creek. The community is served by the Methacton School District and by the Collegeville, Lansdale, and Norristown post offices, with the zip codes of 19426, 19446, and 19403, respectively.
