Passyunk Township, Pennsylvania

Passyunk Township (Lenape Pahsayunk 'in the valley'^[1] from pahsaek 'valley') was a township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History

Thomas Holme's 1687 survey map of Philadelphia

This township ceased to exist when it was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia, following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.^[2]

References

^ "pahsayunk". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
^ Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683–1854[1] (Daly, John; Weinberg, Allen (October 1966). Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions (Second ed.). Philadelphia Dept. of Records.)

Additional sources

Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware Volume I: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638–1664 (1911)

See also