| Huntingdon Valley | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°07′00″N 75°02′59″W / 40.1166667°N 75.04972°W |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 215 |
  Location of Huntingdon Valley in 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," [1] 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.[2] Huntingdon Valley is commonly referred to as "Don Valley" by the marginal 15% of people under the age of 21.
Located within Huntingdon Valley is Lorimer Park, 213 acres (0.86 km2) 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.
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Passenger trains
Huntingdon Valley had commuter train service until February 1983. Service was "temporarily" suspended due to a lack of ridership along the line. In the ensuing years (particularly post-1995), there has been interest in resuming passenger service by neighboring Bucks County officials; however, Montgomery County officials are staunchly opposed to it. Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The replacement bus service was far slower and less convenient than the train service it replaced, resulting in the shuttle bus being very unpopular. The travelling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service.
With no rail or bus service, residents have had to use either the Fox Chase train station or the Bethayres train station when traveling to Center City Philadelphia.
Valley Swim Club
In July 2009, a nationally publicized incident occurred at the Valley Swim Club in Huntingdon Valley. A group of mostly African-American children from a day care center were kicked out of the club, allegedly due to the children's race. On July 15, 2009, the day care center filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the club.[3] In September 2009, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission found probable cause that racism was involved.[4] The swim club announced on November 15, 2009 that it is filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy and is going out of business.[5] United States Chief Bankruptcy Judge Steven Raslavich has jurisdiction over the case and the assets of the club are being administered by United States Trustee Terry P. Dershaw. Financial documents are due to be filed by Dec. 1, 2009.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ umha.com
- ^ Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, PA
- ^ Susan Candiotti (2009). ""Day care center to sue swim club over civil rights"". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/15/swim.club.problems/. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "Commission penalizes swim club in Pennsylvania racism complaint". CNN. 2009-09-23. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/23/pennsylvania.swim.racism/. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20091115_Valley_Club_to_file_for_bankruptcy.html
- ^ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/70350037.html
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