Tacony is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, about 10 miles from Center City. It is bounded by Frankford Avenue on the northwest, Cottman Avenue on the northeast, Levick Street on the southwest, and the Delaware River and Interstate 95 on the southeast. Early Swedish records spell it Taokanick, a Lenape word for "forest" or "wilderness." Tacony's ZIP code, along with Wissinoming and East Mayfair, is 19135.
The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, one of only two Delaware River spans connecting New Jersey with northeast Philadelphia (the other being the Betsy Ross Bridge further downstream), has its Pennsylvania terminus in Tacony. The bridge, which carries Pennsylvania Route 73, connects with New Jersey Route 73 in Palmyra, New Jersey.
The neighborhood is known for having a large Italian American and Irish American population.
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History
Toaconing or Toaconick, was a small township situated in the bend between the Delaware River, Wissinoming Creek on the northeast and Frankford Creek and Little Tacony Creek on the south and west. It lay east of the town of Frankford, and at an early date was incorporated in Oxford Township. The neighborhood's early history was heavily shaped by its founder, English industrialist Henry Disston. Disston's saw mill was the major employer in the neighborhood. The Tacony Library opened November 27, 1906. The land was a gift of the Disston Family, and the building was a gift of Andrew Carnegie.
The area has seen economic decline and population loss in recent decades.[citation needed]
Tacony Eagles - minor league football team
Tacony now has a Minor League Football Team called the Tacony Eagles. The Tacony Eagles was incorporated as a team on Feb 13th 2008. The team's home field is at American Legion Playground located at Robins Street & Torresdale Avenue.
Notable buildings
- Mary Disston School
- Tacony Music Hall
External links
- AOH Division 39 Philly
- Tacony Civic Association
- Tacony Historical Society
- Tacony Town Watch
- Tacony Eagles
- Big North East Football Federation
- Historic Photographs of Tacony, PhillyHistory.org
Coordinates: 40°02′N 75°02′W / 40.03°N 75.04°W
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