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Welcome to the Jenkintown Home page. The Jenkintown Home page provides as much information as possible on Jenkintown. Knowing Jenkintown’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Jenkintown’s Home page, you will also find Jenkintown’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Jenkintown has a population of 4418. 47.6% of Jenkintown’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.4 are female. 56.9% of Jenkintown is married and 68.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $293,781, and the average rent is $1,501. Household median income in Jenkintown is $114,881, and the individual median income is $53,463. Jenkintown’s Ethnic is the following: White(80.3%), Black(10.4%), Hispanic(7.3%), Multiple(5.6%), Asian(2.4%), Native(1.4%).


The community was named for William Jenkins, a Welsh pioneer settler.Jenkintown is located just outside Philadelphia along the Route 611 corridor between Abington and Cheltenham Townships. The Borough was settled in about 1697 and incorporated on December 8, 1874 when approximately 248 acres (1.00 km2) was taken from Abington Township.


Today, the Borough is approximately 0.58 square miles and is home to 4,500 residents. The borough is a mostly residential community that is separated into East and West by the Business District that runs along and surrounds Old York Road (Route 611) corridor. On the east side of Old York Road, residential development is predominantly characterized by larger detached single-family homes on lots larger than the Borough average.


On the southeast side of York Road, there is a small mixed concentration of row homes, duplexes, and single-family residences. The majority of the residential development, however, is located to the west of York Road. This area consists of a traditional small town mix of detached single-family homes, duplexes, and row homes.


Located throughout this area are several multi-family apartment buildings that are residential condominium or rental properties. At the center of this residential area are the Jenkintown Elementary School and the Jenkintown High School. The Jenkintown Fire Department consists of two fire companies founded more than 125 years ago.


The Jenkintown Fire Department is a totally volunteer department consisting of the Pioneer Fire Company #1 and the Independent Fire Company #2. The Pioneer Company was organized in 1884 and the Independent Company was organized in 1889, an artifact of the historical split between Catholics and Protestants in the population of the borough.


The two fire companies have a total membership of approximately 150 with 50 members composing the active firefighting crew. Elements of the British army passed through Jenkintown en route to the Battle of White Marsh in early December 1777. The Jenkins' Town Lyceum Building, Jenkintown-Wyncote station, and Strawbridge and Clothier Store are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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