Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Bryn Mawr is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, along U.S. Highway Route 30 (Lancaster Avenue). As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 4,382.

Related Topics:
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 2000

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Until 1869 and the coming of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the town was known as Humphreysville. The town was renamed by railroad agent William H. Wilson after he acquired on behalf of the railroad the 283 acres that now comprise Bryn Mawr.

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Bryn Mawr is home to Bryn Mawr College and http://www.mainlinehealth.org/bmBryn Mawr Hospital. The name means 'large hill'

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in Welsh.

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