Blue Bell (Pennsylvania)
Blue Bell | ||
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Normandy Homestead | ||
Lage in Pennsylvania | ||
Basisdaten | ||
Staat: | Vereinigte Staaten | |
Bundesstaat: | Pennsylvania | |
County: | Montgomery County | |
Koordinaten: | 40° 9′ N, 75° 16′ W | |
Zeitzone: | Eastern (UTC−5/−4) | |
Einwohner: | 6.506 (Stand: 2020) | |
Haushalte: | 2.319 (Stand: 2020) | |
Fläche: | 14,0 km² (ca. 5 mi²) davon 14,0 km² (ca. 5 mi²) Land | |
Bevölkerungsdichte: | 465 Einwohner je km² | |
Höhe: | 109 m | |
Postleitzahlen: | 19422, 19424 | |
Vorwahl: | +1 215/267, 610/484 | |
FIPS: | 42-07224 | |
GNIS-ID: | 1169865 |
Blue Bell ist ein Census-designated place im Whitpain Township, Montgomery County im Südosten des US-Bundesstaates Pennsylvania. Das U.S. Census Bureau hat bei der Volkszählung 2020 eine Einwohnerzahl von 6.506[1] ermittelt.
Der 1840 nach einem gleichnamigen Inn von Pigeontown in Blue Bell unbenannte Ort ist 2005 auf Platz 14 der Liste der Lebenswertesten Orte der USA gekommen.[2]
Der Informatik-Dienstleister Unisys hat seinen Sitz in Blue Bell.
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Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Explore Census Data Total Population in Blue Bell CDP, Pennsylvania. Abgerufen am 8. April 2023.
- ↑ Best Places To Live 2005
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IN 1834 JACOB AND CATHERINE HEIST BUILT A TAVERN ON THE SITE OF LAND GIVEN TO THEM BY HER FATHER, JACOB LEVERING. THE PRESENT MANOR HOUSE IS BELIEVED TO BE INCORPORATED IN THAT EARLY TAVERN. THE PROPERTY PASSED TO WILLIAM SINGERLY WHO BUILT THE IMMENSE BARN AND THE FARM BECAME KNOWN AS THE “RECORD FARM” BECAUSE MR. SINGERLY OWNED THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD. IN 1913 RALPH STRASSBURGER BOUGHT THE FARM AND RENAMED IT NORMANDY BECAUSE HE HAD HONEYMOONED IN NORMANDY WITH HIS BRIDE, THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT OF SINGER SEWING MACHINE. HE CONTINUED USING IT AS A FARM AND HIS HEIRS MAINTAINED IT UNTIL 1993 WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO THE VESTERA CORPORATION. IT NOW HOUSES A HOTEL AND SEVERAL RESTAURANTS PLUS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
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