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Whitpain
Township, one of the
oldest townships of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was settled as
early as 1685. Prior to 10 September 1784 it was a part of
Philadelphia when the present Montgomery County was created from
Philadelphia County.
 The exact date of
the establishment of Whitpain as a
township has not yet been definitely ascertained.
However,
as one of the original townships
laid out by William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania,
it is known to have existed on 4
March 1701 as “Whitpain
Township”
when it is mentioned in official records.
It
is one of the central
townships of
the county, bounded on
the west by Worcester, north
by Upper
and
Lower Gwynedd, east by Whitemarsh and south by Plymouth and East
Norriton townships, with the Borough of Ambler and Upper Dublin
Township in the northeast
corner. Mostly
rectangular in shape, it is 4.5 miles
long and 3 miles wide, containing 8640 acres, approximately 12.8 square
miles. It has been
fortunate in
maintaining its boundaries intact from outside encroachments for over
300
years.
Visit the Whitpain
township official web site.
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