Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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Huntingdon Valley is a village located in Lower Moreland Township and Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, bordering the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Originally referred to as "Goosetown," [ [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:YZIe09a4W_0J:www.umha.com/PDFs/A%2520Synopis%2520of%2520UM.pdf+lower+moreland+township,+huntingdon+valley,+pa+history&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=29&gl=us&client=safari] ] Huntingdon Valley boasts some of the highest standards of living in the Greater Philadelphia area with 90% of the Township being single-dwelling homes and having one of the highest per capita incomes in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [ [http://www.lowermoreland.org/township/history.aspx Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, PA ] ]

Located within Huntingdon Valley is Lorimer Park, 213-acres of woods and meadows connected to Pennypack Park of the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia County. The park borders Fox Chase Farm, the only remaining active farm in Philadelphia County.

Students in Huntingdon Valley attend one of several school districts, including Lower Moreland Township School District, comprising Pine Road Elementary School, Murray Avenue School (formerly Lower Moreland Middle School), and Lower Moreland High School; Upper Moreland school district; and Abington School District, comprising seven elementary schools, Abington Junior High School, and Abington Senior High School. Also, residents that live in Bucks County attend Neshaminy School District.

Since the closing of Huntingdon Valley's train station in 1983 most residents have had to use either the Fox Chase train station or the Bethayres train station when traveling to Center City Philadelphia.

ee also

* Huntingdon (disambiguation)

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External links

* [http://www.lowermoreland.org/ Lower Moreland Township]
* [http://www.lmtsd.org Lower Moreland Township School District]