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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Allentown. It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the north of Philadelphia and has a population of 106,632 people.<1>

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Newark (DE)   SW36 mi [57.9 km]29,8864.69% increase
 Wilmington (DE)   SW24 mi [38.62 km]72,5920.1% decrease
 Elkton (MD)   SW42 mi [67.6 km]14,84224.8% increase
 Bridgeton (NJ)   S36 mi [57.9 km]24,7428.66% increase
 Camden (NJ)   E3 mi [4.83 km]79,3830.65% decrease
 Gloucester City (NJ)   SE4 mi [6.44 km]11,5030.17% increase
 Hammonton (NJ)   SE29 mi [46.67 km]13,4246.51% increase
 Millville (NJ)   S39 mi [62.8 km]28,9307.76% increase
 Phillipsburg (NJ)   N50 mi [80.5 km]14,5284.21% decrease
 Trenton (NJ)   NE28 mi [45.06 km]82,8832.95% decrease
 Vineland (NJ)   S34 mi [54.7 km]58,7804.46% increase
 Bethlehem   N47 mi [75.6 km]72,2411.28% increase
 Chester   SW13 mi [20.92 km]36,5640.79% decrease
 Easton   N50 mi [80.5 km]26,0800.7% decrease
 Reading   NW48 mi [77.2 km]80,5060.86% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ablett Village (NJ)   E3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Golden Triangle (NJ)   E6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Morgan Village (NJ)   SE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Pennsauken (NJ)   E5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Woodbury (NJ)   S7 mi [11.27 km]10,4501.39% increase
 Ardmore   NW7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Bartram Village   SW3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Drexel Hill   W6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Old City   SELess than 2 mi---
 Overbrook   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Oxford Village   NE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Penn Wynne   W6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Queen Village   SELess than 2 mi---
 Southwest Center City   SWLess than 2 mi---
 University City   WLess than 2 mi---

Philadelphia County

Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Philadelphia: Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, Burlington (NJ), Camden (NJ) and Gloucester (NJ).

While not sharing a border with Philadelphia, the following counties are close to Philadelphia: Allegheny, Indiana and Chester.

Below are counties that are near Philadelphia (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Philadelphia:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Philadelphia
 New Castle County (DE)   SWAnaline Village (DE)17 miles [27 km]
 Cecil County (MD)   SWGlen Farms (MD)37 miles [59 km]
 Atlantic County (NJ)   SERosedale (NJ)27 miles [43 km]
 Bergen County (NJ)   SWSinnickson Landing (NJ)31 miles [49 km]
 Burlington County (NJ)   EFork Landing (NJ)8 miles [12 km]
 Camden County (NJ)   SEWhitman Park (NJ)2 miles [3 km]
 Cumberland County (NJ)   SPleasantville (NJ)28 miles [45 km]
 Gloucester County (NJ)   SRed Bank (NJ)5 miles [8 km]
 Hunterdon County (NJ)   NLambertville (NJ)30 miles [48 km]
 Mercer County (NJ)   NEScudders Falls (NJ)27 miles [43 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Philadelphia. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Philadelphia.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Philadelphia and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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