Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Lower Gwynedd Township ( Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɛð]) is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,405 at the 2010 census. The township comprises four villages: Gwynedd, Gwynedd Valley, Penllyn, and Spring House. While its postal address is in Ambler, Pennsylvania (19002), it is separate from the Borough of Ambler. Lower Gwynedd Township was founded in 1698.

West Point is an unincorporated community in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Zacharias Creek starts here and flows west into the Skippack Creek, a tributary of the Perkiomen Creek. Merck & Co. has a facility in West Point, which is split between the Lansdale and North Wales post offices with the ZIP codes of 19446 and 19454, respectively. [1] It is part of the North Penn Valley region that is centered on the borough of Lansdale.

North Wales station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line located at Beaver and School Streets in North Wales, Pennsylvania. In FY 2017, North Wales station had a weekday average of 974 boardings and 855 alightings. The station includes a 167-space parking lot. Parking is available on both sides of the tracks between Beaver Street and Walnut Street, which includes an entrance at Walnut and 5th Streets. The east parking lot runs between the tracks and 6th Street/Railroad Street. School Street runs through the west parking lot, and then turns southwest while that parking lot continues to follow the tracks, almost reaching Walnut Street. North Wales station was originally built in 1873 by the Reading Railroad, and previously contained a cupola over the ticket window, iron support under the overhanging roof, and a matching shelter on the opposite side of the tracks. At some point it was moved 2500 feet from its previous location, the cupola was removed, and the support beams were replaced with wood.

Pennbrook station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line, north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. In FY 2013, Pennbrook station had a weekday average of 467 boardings and 371 alightings.The station is located at Church Road and Cherry Street in the Pennbrook section of the borough of Lansdale and features a 222 space parking lot. Most of these parking spaces are located on the east side of Church Road and are on Borough of Lansdale property. The lots on the west side of Church Road are on SEPTA property. Overnight parking is allowed by prior arrangement on the SEPTA lots. It is not allowed on the Lansdale lots. This station consists of two acrylic glass shelters on both platforms.

The North Penn Valley is a region of Philadelphia suburbs and exurbs in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is somewhat congruent with the North Penn School District. It contains the boroughs of North Wales, Lansdale, and Hatfield as well as the surrounding townships. The area to its west has traditionally been more rural, while the suburbs to its south and east are on the whole more affluent and densely populated. The North Penn Valley has a total area of 42 square miles (110 km2) and a population of 97,957. It is included in the greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Statistical Area.

North Wales is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb of Philadelphia, and is one of the three historic population centers that make up the North Penn Valley, which is centered on the borough of Lansdale. The population was 3,229 as of the 2010 census. Like many small boroughs in Pennsylvania, North Wales is at "build out", meaning that its boundaries have not kept up with population growth. Summarily, many businesses and residences with North Wales addresses are located in outlying townships that were never annexed by the borough, such as the Montgomery Mall in Montgomery Township. North Wales is in the North Penn School District.

Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. is a historic silk mill complex located at Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in four interconnected phases between 1922 and 1961, with the original 1922 building (with additions), as well as the 1932 building, included in the listing. The original building was built in 1922, with additions constructed in 1926, 1928, and 1929. The building is two stories tall, and sits on a brownstone foundation. The 1932 building is a three-story, red brick building with a flat roof and brick parapet. The complex produced women's full-fashioned silk hosiery. It was occupied by textile manufacturers into the 1970s.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Jenkins Homestead is a historic home located at Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1805, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, stucco over stone dwelling. It has two front entryways, one entering onto a through central hallway. It is the oldest structure in Lansdale.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Lansdale is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia. It is a densely-populated commuter town, with many residents traveling daily to Philadelphia using SEPTA Regional Rail's Lansdale/Doylestown Line. In 1900, 2,754 people lived here; in 1910, 3,551; and in 1940, 9,316 people were inhabitants of Lansdale. The population was 16,269 at the time of the 2010 census. Lansdale is the center of the North Penn Valley, a region which includes the surrounding townships and boroughs.

Calvary Baptist School is a private K-12 Baptist Christian school in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

The Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary (CBS) was an evangelical seminary in the Baptist tradition, located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It has 558 alumni and provided master's and doctoral degrees to clergy candidates across various conservative Baptist denominations. The school was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.The school was founded by Dr. Robert Jordan, the minister at the Calvary Baptist Church of Lansdale. In 1979, just prior to the graduation of the first class, the state of Pennsylvania approved the school for official seminary designation. Initially offering only a Master's of Divinity degree, a Master's of Theology program was added in 1985. In 1986, the school became a doctoral institute, as it added a Doctor of Divinity program. Two more degrees, which relate to missionary work and religious education, were added in 2004. In August 2013, it was announced that Calvary Baptist Seminary would be closing at the end of the upcoming academic year. It graduated its last class of 42 students on May 16, 2014. Its building was repurposed as Calvary Baptist Church.

The Lansdale/Doylestown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City Philadelphia to Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until 1981, diesel-powered trains continued on the Bethlehem Branch from Lansdale to Quakertown, Bethlehem, and Allentown. Restored service has been proposed, but is not planned by SEPTA. The line is currently used by the East Penn Railroad, serving Quakertown's industrial complexes and distribution centers. With around 17,000 daily riders every weekday in 2019, it is the second busiest line in SEPTA's Regional Rail network.