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Norristown
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county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Montgomery
- Founded by
- Issac Norris
- Type
- Council–manager
- Total
- 3.60 sq mi (9.33 km )
- Land
- 3.51 sq mi (9.10 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Density
- 10,169.4/sq mi (3,926.44/km )
- Demonym
- Norristonians
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 19401, 19403–19409, 19487–19489
- Area codes
- 610 and 484
- Fips code
- 42-54656
- Website
- www .norristown .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Norristown is a borough with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Located along the Schuylkill River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Philadelphia, Norristown had a population of 45,748 as of the 2020 census. It is the fourth-most populous municipality in the county and second-most populous borough in Pennsylvania.
It is the largest non-township municipality in Montgomery County and is located 49.8 miles (80.1 km) southeast of Allentown and 19.9 miles (32.0 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
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