Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context
West Philadelphia Community History Center

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.

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Maps: G.M. Hopkins's 1872 Atlas of the 24th and 27th Wards, West Philadelphia

Outline and index map of the 24th and 27th Wards as found in Hopkin's 1872 Atlas of West Philadelphia

Table of Contents of Hopkin's 1872 AtlasDescription:

Atlas of West Philadelphia including the 24th & 27th Wards of the City of Philadelphia from actual surveys & official records.

Philadelphia: G. [Griffith] M. [Morgan] Hopkins & Co., compiler and publisher, 1872.
Includes Index and colored maps; 58 cm. Scale of maps range from 1:1200 or 1 inch to 100 feet to 1:4800 or 1 inch to 400 feet. Note that Plates N and O were missing from this copy of the Atlas.

Courtesy of the University Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

VIEW the plates of this atlas by following the links to PDF versions of each map from the:

Table of Contents
OR
Outline and Index Map

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