Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia
Wyncote is a census-designated place
(CDP) in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census. Wyncote forms a border with the City of Philadelphia along Cheltenham Avenue, and it is just under ten miles from Center City Philadelphia.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the CDP has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.
of 2000, there were 3,046 people, 1,057 households, and 713 families residing in the CDP. The population density
was 3,732.5 people per square mile (1,434.2/km²). There were 1,069 housing units at an average density of 1,309.9/sq mi (503.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.82% White, 7.98% African American, 0.07% Native American, 1.25% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races
, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.79% of the population.
There were 1,057 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples
living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 32.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 75.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $77,043, and the median income for a family was $91,217. Males had a median income of $60,592 versus $41,458 for females. The per capita income
for the CDP was $32,340. None of the families and 2.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 4.9% of those over 64.
. Trains pass through about every twenty minutes going south to Philadelphia or north to Bucks County
. Wyncote is a 30 minute train ride from downtown Philadelphia. Wyncote is also served by SEPTA buses, in particular the 77 route, which connects Chestnut Hill
to North Philadelphia.
, just to name a few accessible locations. The following are the most heavily traveled roads in Wyncote:
Pennsylvania Route 73
provides a thruway for Wyncote, Cheltenham Township, and Montgomery County as a whole.
Pennsylvania Route 309
has its beginnings with the intersection of Broad Street, and continues up through Wyncote. It provides a key route to the Pennsylvania Turnpike
.
Pennsylvania Route 152
also known as Limekiln Pike, connects PA-309 and PA-73 in Wyncote.
town. Summers are hot with highs averaging in the high 80's, with lows being anywhere from the high 60's to the low 80's. Summers also see some days climb into the 90's, and even some that top the 100-degree mark. Spring and Fall are pleasant, with highs averaging in the mid 60's, and lows in the mid 40's. Winters are cold, with highs averaging in the mid 30's, and lows averaging in the high teens. Mid December through Mid February, highs don't even break the freezing mark, with lows falling into the low teens. The middle of winter sees a few days where highs don't escape the teens, and lows fall into the single digits. The following is a chart of the average temperatures in Wyncote
-era homes. The All Hallows Church (constructed 1896–1897) was designed by a firm founded by Philadelphia architect
Frank Furness
(Furness, Evans and Company). Wyncote also has a number of classical Philadelphia stone colonial revival homes; notable among them is Beechwood, designed in the school of Brognard Okie, the architect responsible for the reconstruction of Pennsbury Manor on the upper Delaware River
, and Appleford in Villanova, Pennsylvania
.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...
, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census. Wyncote forms a border with the City of Philadelphia along Cheltenham Avenue, and it is just under ten miles from Center City Philadelphia.
Geography
Wyncote is located at 40°5′34"N 75°8′33"W (40.092777, −75.142559).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 3,046 people, 1,057 households, and 713 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 3,732.5 people per square mile (1,434.2/km²). There were 1,069 housing units at an average density of 1,309.9/sq mi (503.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.82% White, 7.98% African American, 0.07% Native American, 1.25% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.79% of the population.
There were 1,057 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 32.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 75.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $77,043, and the median income for a family was $91,217. Males had a median income of $60,592 versus $41,458 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $32,340. None of the families and 2.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 4.9% of those over 64.
Notable natives and residents
- Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar CurtisCyrus Hermann Kotzschmar CurtisCyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis was an American publisher of magazines and newspapers, including the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.-Biography:...
, longtime publisher of The Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
and Ladies' Home JournalLadies' Home JournalLadies' Home Journal is an American magazine which first appeared on February 16, 1883, and eventually became one of the leading women's magazines of the 20th century in the United States...
, as well as other magazines and newspapers - Reggie JacksonReggie JacksonReginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson , nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played from 1967-1987 for four different teams. Jackson currently serves as...
, baseball hall of famer, born and lived in Wyncote through high school - George Horace LorimerGeorge Horace LorimerGeorge Horace Lorimer was an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post....
, author and longtime editor of the Saturday Evening Post - John Charles MartinJohn Charles MartinJohn Charles Martin was newspaper publisher who, beginning in 1913, ran the newspapers purchased by his step father-in-law Cyrus Curtis, including the Public Ledger, the New York Evening Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer and four others...
, newspaper publisher - Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin NetanyahuBenjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...
, Prime Minister of Israel; attended Cheltenham High SchoolCheltenham High SchoolCheltenham High School is a public high school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania serving grades 9 through 12. Cheltenham is the Senior High School in the School District of Cheltenham Township... - Yonatan Netanyahu (1946–76), Israeli soldier and EntebbeEntebbeEntebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962...
rescue commander - Ezra PoundEzra PoundEzra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
, poet who grew up in Wyncote
Wyncote Historic District
Wyncote features the Wyncote Historic District which is a US Historic district, added in October, 1986. It was made an historic district for its Architecture, Community Planning, and Development. The district covers over 1000 acres, and 178 contributing buildings.Public transit
Wyncote is served by SEPTA, through regional rail at the Jenkintown-Wyncote train station. The building is a historic structure, dating back to its original use with the North Pennsylvania RailroadNorth Pennsylvania Railroad
North Pennsylvania Railroad was a railroad company formed in 1855, and served Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Bucks County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania.-History:...
. Trains pass through about every twenty minutes going south to Philadelphia or north to Bucks County
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...
. Wyncote is a 30 minute train ride from downtown Philadelphia. Wyncote is also served by SEPTA buses, in particular the 77 route, which connects Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Boundaries:Chestnut Hill is bounded as follows:...
to North Philadelphia.
Roads
Wyncote is in a convenient location driving-wise; about a 25-minute drive to downtown Philadelphia, 2 hours from New York City, 2 hours to the Pocono Mountains, and 1.5 hours to the Jersey shoreJersey Shore
The Jersey Shore is a term used to refer to both the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the adjacent resort and residential communities. . The New Jersey State Department of Tourism considers the Shore Region, Greater Atlantic City, and the Southern Shore to be distinct, each having...
, just to name a few accessible locations. The following are the most heavily traveled roads in Wyncote:
Pennsylvania Route 73Pennsylvania Route 73
Pennsylvania Route 73 is a 62.51 miles long east–west state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. It runs from Pennsylvania Route 61 in Leesport to the New Jersey state line on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in Philadelphia, where it continues as New Jersey Route 73.Predating the Interstate...
provides a thruway for Wyncote, Cheltenham Township, and Montgomery County as a whole.
Pennsylvania Route 309Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 309 is a major highway which runs for 134 miles through Pennsylvania in the United States. It connects Philadelphia and its northern suburbs to Allentown, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre. A limited-access highway portion of PA 309 in the Wilkes-Barre area is known as the North...
has its beginnings with the intersection of Broad Street, and continues up through Wyncote. It provides a key route to the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. The three sections of the turnpike system total . The main section extends from Ohio to New Jersey and is long...
.
Pennsylvania Route 152Pennsylvania Route 152
Pennsylvania Route 152 is a 25 mile long state highway located in the US state of Pennsylvania. The route, travels north–south from PA Route 309 located in Cedarbrook north to PA Route 309 located east of Telford.PA 152 is unique to other Pennsylvania Highways because it ends at two...
also known as Limekiln Pike, connects PA-309 and PA-73 in Wyncote.
Locale
Climate
Wyncote has the climate of a typical NortheastNortheastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.-Composition:The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New...
town. Summers are hot with highs averaging in the high 80's, with lows being anywhere from the high 60's to the low 80's. Summers also see some days climb into the 90's, and even some that top the 100-degree mark. Spring and Fall are pleasant, with highs averaging in the mid 60's, and lows in the mid 40's. Winters are cold, with highs averaging in the mid 30's, and lows averaging in the high teens. Mid December through Mid February, highs don't even break the freezing mark, with lows falling into the low teens. The middle of winter sees a few days where highs don't escape the teens, and lows fall into the single digits. The following is a chart of the average temperatures in Wyncote
Historical architecture
The Wyncote Historic District has a number of restored VictorianVictorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
-era homes. The All Hallows Church (constructed 1896–1897) was designed by a firm founded by Philadelphia architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Frank Furness
Frank Furness
Frank Heyling Furness was an acclaimed American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his eclectic, muscular, often idiosyncratically scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago architect Louis Sullivan...
(Furness, Evans and Company). Wyncote also has a number of classical Philadelphia stone colonial revival homes; notable among them is Beechwood, designed in the school of Brognard Okie, the architect responsible for the reconstruction of Pennsbury Manor on the upper Delaware River
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...
, and Appleford in Villanova, Pennsylvania
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Villanova is a community in the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It straddles Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County and Radnor Township of Delaware County. It is located at the center of the Pennsylvania Main Line, a series of highly affluent Philadelphia suburban towns located...
.
Points of interest
- Curtis Hall ArboretumCurtis Hall ArboretumThe Curtis Hall Arboretum, sometimes called Curtis Arboretum, is a forty-five-acre arboretum that is located at 1250 Church Road , Wyncote, Pennsylvania. The arboretum was founded by Mary Louise Curtis Bok, in honor of her father, Cyrus Curtis. The landscaping was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted...
- Thomas Williams Park
Schools
- Ancillae Assumpta AcademyAncillae Assumpta AcademyAncillae-Assumpta Academy is a small, private school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania that focusses on teaching students Roman Catholicism...
- Wyncote Elementary School
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolCedarbrook Middle SchoolCedarbrook Middle School is a Junior High School in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania that serves students in grades 7 and 8. It is preceded by Elkins Park Middle School, and four elementary schools: Glenside Elementary, Wyncote Elementary, Myers Elementary, and Cheltenham Elementary...
- Cheltenham High SchoolCheltenham High SchoolCheltenham High School is a public high school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania serving grades 9 through 12. Cheltenham is the Senior High School in the School District of Cheltenham Township...
- Wyncote Academy
- Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)Bishop McDevitt High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Wyncote community in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.-Background:...
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeReconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeThe Reconstructionist Rabbinical College , is located in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, about 10 miles north of central Philadelphia. RRC is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and...
, the only seminarySeminaryA seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
affiliated with Reconstructionist JudaismReconstructionist JudaismReconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-based Jewish movement based on the ideas of Mordecai Kaplan . The movement views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization. It originated as a branch of Conservative Judaism, before it splintered...