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Hillside

Ghost town · Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Germantown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500)
Germantown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hillside is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Montgomery County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hillside as a historical populated place on the Germantown topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.1209° N, 75.1330° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGermantown
Elevation330 ft
Nearest living townRoslyn, PA
Distance to it0.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1214739
Coordinates40.12094, -75.13295

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What's there now

Hillside is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Roslyn, PA (population 10,150), about 0.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 330 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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