Erdenheim, Pennsylvania

Not to be confused with Ardenheim, Pennsylvania.

Erdenheim, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Erdenheim, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°05′31″N 75°12′50″W / 40.09194°N 75.21389°W / 40.09194; -75.21389Coordinates: 40°05′31″N 75°12′50″W / 40.09194°N 75.21389°W / 40.09194; -75.21389
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Elevation	164 ft (50 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	19038
Area code(s)	215
GNIS feature ID	1174301^[1]

Erdenheim is a community in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is served by the 19038 zip code. The primary commercial areas are located along Bethlehem Pike.

The name is German for "Earthly Home," and comes from nearby Erdenheim Farm, which was established in 1765 by Johannes Georg Hocker. The area was known as "Heydricksdale" or simply "Wheelpump" after a local inn, but was changed to "Erdenheim" when the community was laid out in 1892.

Students in Erdenheim attend schools in the Springfield Township School District. Specifically, the Springfield Township High School is located in Erdenheim. Phil-Mont Christian Academy is a private school located adjacent to Cisco Park in the building originally housing Hillcrest Junior High. Students grades K-12 attend from both Erdenheim and nearby townships. Antonelli Art Institute is also located in the community, occupying the former site of Penn Manor Elementary on Montgomery Avenue.

Both Hillcrest and Penn Manor were closed and sold off from the township during declining school enrollment in the post baby boom era.

The local fire company Flourtown Fire Company in neighboring Flourtown protect the citizens of the small community.

Erdenheim Terrace (near Auchy Lane and Erdenheim Road) contains some of the oldest (still standing) homes in the township.

Erdenheim was subject to some of the first Post-War suburban development in the Philadelphia Area, with the Chesney Downs development, located between Glendalough Road, Avondale Road, and Longfield Road being constructed in the late 1940s, while the Holiday at Paper Mill Glen development, located between Harston Road, Fraser Road, and Atwood Road was constructed in 1955.

The Springfield Mill and Yeakle and Miller Houses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

References

↑ "Erdenheim". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Norristown

Boroughs	Ambler Bridgeport Bryn Athyn Collegeville Conshohocken East Greenville Green Lane Hatboro Hatfield Jenkintown Lansdale Narberth Norristown North Wales Pennsburg Pottstown Red Hill Rockledge Royersford Schwenksville Souderton Telford‡ Trappe West Conshohocken

Townships	Abington Cheltenham Douglass East Norriton Franconia Hatfield Horsham Limerick Lower Frederick Lower Gwynedd Lower Merion Lower Moreland Lower Pottsgrove Lower Providence Lower Salford Marlborough Montgomery New Hanover Perkiomen Plymouth Salford Skippack Springfield Towamencin Upper Dublin Upper Frederick Upper Gwynedd Upper Hanover Upper Merion Upper Moreland Upper Pottsgrove Upper Providence Upper Salford West Norriton West Pottsgrove Whitemarsh Whitpain Worcester

CDPs	Arcadia University Ardmore‡ Audubon Blue Bell Bryn Mawr Eagleville Evansburg Flourtown Fort Washington Gilbertsville Glenside Halfway House Harleysville Haverford College‡ Horsham King of Prussia Kulpsville Maple Glen Montgomeryville Oreland Penn Wynne Plymouth Meeting Pottsgrove Sanatoga Skippack Spring House Spring Mount Stowe Trooper Willow Grove Woxall Wyncote Wyndmoor

Unincorporated communities	Arcola Ardsley Ashmead Village Bala Cynwyd Barren Hill Belmont Hills Bethayres Camp Hill Cedarbrook Cedars Center Point Center Square Chapel‡ Colmar Congo Creamery Crestmont Cheltenham Dresher Earlington Edge Hill Elkins Park Erdenheim Eureka‡ Fairview Village Fitzwatertown Franconia Frederick Geryville‡ Gladwyne Graterford Gulph Mills Gwynedd Gwynedd Valley Haverford‡ Hollywood Huntingdon Valley Jarrettown Lafayette Hill La Mott Laverock Layfield Lederach Line Lexington‡ Linfield Mainland Meadowbrook Melrose Park Merion Mingo Miquon Mont Clare Montgomery Square New Hanover Square Noble North Hills Oaks Obelisk Palm Penn Valley Perkiomenville Port Indian Port Providence Prospectville Rahns Rosemont‡ Roslyn Roychester Rydal Salford Salfordville Sassamansville Spring Mill Sumneytown Swedeland Three Tuns Tylersport Unionville‡ Villanova‡ Wayne‡ West Point Worcester Wynnewood‡ Yerkes Zieglersville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Founded 1681

Communities	Oreland Erdenheim Flourtown Lafayette Hill Fort Washington Laverock North Hills Glenside Wyndmoor

Education	Springfield Township School District Springfield Township High School La Salle College High School Mount Saint Joseph Academy

Infrastructure	Flourtown Fire Company

Regional Rail Stations	Oreland North Hills

Landmarks	Springfield Mill Stotesbury Club House John Welsh House Yeakle and Miller Houses Carson College for Orphan Girls Whitemarsh Hall Black Horse Inn

See Also	The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential

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↑ http://springfieldhistory.org/STHSArchivesPage1.html#HolHouses

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