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Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

Schwenksville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,385 at the 2010 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.

Located at 40.2564, -75.465 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Populated places established in 1739, Boroughs in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1739 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies

Trappe, Pennsylvania

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.

Located at 40.1972, -75.4753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Populated places established in 1763, Boroughs in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Ursinus College

Ursinus College is a private, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1869, Ursinus sits on a 170-acre wooded campus approximately 25 miles from Center City Philadelphia. Ursinus is one of the eleven Centennial Conference schools, a Phi Beta Kappa college, and is a member of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship list, Project Pericles, Project DEEP, the Bonner Leader Program, and the Annapolis Group.

Located at 40.1934, -75.4559 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Ursinus College, Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union, Council of Independent Colleges, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members, Universities and colleges in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1869, Members of the Annapolis Group

Chapel Christian Academy

Chapel Christian Academy was an educational ministry of Limerick Chapel in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania. The school provided a Fundamentalist Christian education to students in grades K–12. The Academy, better known as "CCA" by its students, was founded in 1974 as a ministry of Limerick Chapel, and as a part of the Christian School movement. Parents were encouraged to remove their children from the public school system due to lack of Biblical influence in the public school curriculum.

Located at 40.2328, -75.5219 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Defunct Christian schools in the United States, Defunct schools in Pennsylvania, Educational institutions disestablished in 2007, Educational institutions established in 1974, Schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Graterford, Pennsylvania

Graterford is in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1756 by Jacob Kreator, a textile weaver, Graterford was originally named Grater's Ford until abbreviated to Graterford by the postal service in the mid-1950s. A state penitentiary is located there which was originally a prison farm. Located along the Perkiomen Creek, Graterford was a vital summer resort community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Located at 40.2256, -75.4547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Populated places established in 1756, Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,

Augustus Lutheran Church

Augustus Lutheran Church, built during 1743-1745 in Trappe, Pennsylvania, is the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation. The church, which cost 200 pounds sterling, was designed by Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg. All of the interior fittings, except for the English-made pulpit, were fabricated from local materials.

Located at 40.2019, -75.4805 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania, Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania, Religious buildings completed in 1743, Lutheran churches in Pennsylvania, Lutheran congregations established in the 18th century, Churches in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

The Speaker's House

The Speaker's House is a museum located in Trappe, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that preserves the home of Frederick August Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Located at 40.1955, -75.468 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Historic house museums in Pennsylvania, Museums in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Houses in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 18th-century architecture

Rahns, Pennsylvania

Rahns is an unincorporated village along the Perkiomen Creek in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Rahns was founded in 1865 and named for an early settler, George Rahn.

Located at 40.2092, -75.4531 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania