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www.norristown.org. Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. [3] Located along the Schuylkill River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Philadelphia, Norristown had a population of 35,748 as of the 2020 census.
Sep 6, 2024 · When Montgomery county was created in 1784, Norristown (then The Town of Norris) became the county seat. Canalization of the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers and completion of a railroad link (1834) to Philadelphia spurred the borough’s development as an industrial centre that eventually produced chemicals, machinery, metal products, plastics, steel, rubber, and textiles.
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The census of 1820 found Norristown with a population of 827, but by 1850, it was up to 6,026, a sevenfold increase. By 1900, Norristown’s population had climbed to 22,265. It was a heady time for the town, which proudly described itself as “the Biggest Borough in the World.”.
It was not until March 31, 1812 that Norristown was officially incorporated as a Pennsylvania State Borough (the first in Montgomery County). 1 Black and white photo of Norristown - Early 1900s
Mar 30, 2017 · T omorrow is Norristown turns 205 years old, so today I’m resurrecting part of an old Diary entry from 2014, telling of our town’s founding, updated for this year. In 1681, King Charles II of England gave a New World land grant to William Penn. Penn named the land "Sylvania." The king called it Pennsylvania, after Penn's father, who'd been ...
History. Montgomery County was created on September 10, 1784, from part of Philadelphia County, and named for General Richard Montgomery. Norristown, the County Seat, was laid out in 1784, and incorporated as a Borough on March 31, 1814. It was named for Isaac Norris, who owned land there.
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Ten years later, he was elected Borough Engineer in Norristown. In that position he improved the borough’s streets, storm drains, and designed Elmwood Park. After 33 years, he left that position to be the administrator of the park, a position he held until a few months before his death at the age of 85 in 1948.
