Drexel Hill: A Delaware County Census-Designated Place
Drexel Hill is a census-designated place located entirely within Upper Darby Township in Delaware County, immediately west of Philadelphia. The community has a population of around 29,000. Drexel Hill developed as a streetcar suburb in the early twentieth century, named for the Drexel family of Philadelphia financiers, and takes its name from the Drexel Park tract subdivided for residential development in the 1890s and 1900s.
Most of the housing in Drexel Hill consists of stone and brick twin houses and single-family homes built between 1910 and 1940. Tree-lined streets and deep lots give the community a settled, residential character distinct from the more urban parts of Upper Darby nearer the 69th Street Terminal. The Market-Frankford Line's 69th Street Transportation Center, just east of Drexel Hill, provides subway-elevated service into Philadelphia.
Delaware County Community College maintains a campus presence, and Delaware County Memorial Hospital operates in the area. The Upper Darby School District serves students from Drexel Hill and the broader township, with the district's high school located in the Drexel Hill section.
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Drexel Hill is a census-designated place located entirely within Upper Darby Township in Delaware County, immediately west of Philadelphia. The community has a population of around 29,000. Drexel Hill developed as a streetcar suburb in the early twentieth century, named for the Drexel family of Philadelphia financiers, and takes its name from the Drexel Park tract subdivided for residential development in the 1890s and 1900s.
Most of the housing in Drexel Hill consists of stone and brick twin houses and single-family homes built between 1910 and 1940. Tree-lined streets and deep lots give the community a settled, residential character distinct from the more urban parts of Upper Darby nearer the 69th Street Terminal. The Market-Frankford Line's 69th Street Transportation Center, just east of Drexel Hill, provides subway-elevated service into Philadelphia.
Delaware County Community College maintains a campus presence, and Delaware County Memorial Hospital operates in the area. The Upper Darby School District serves students from Drexel Hill and the broader township, with the district's high school located in the Drexel Hill section.
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