Talk:Penndel, Pennsylvania
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Penndel was incorporated in 1899 as the Borough of Eden and was renamed Penndel in 1948.
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The Borough of Penndel, was incorporated in 1899 as the Borough of Eden. It was a portion of the land grant first settled in 1686-1687 by Thomas Langhorne, a Quaker preacher from County Westmoreland. In 1947 "Penndel" was supposedly suggested by Mary Keating, a contraction of William Penn and Delaware Valley.
