from Welsh for " big hill ") is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue ( US-30 ) and the border with Delaware County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, some of which is in Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County.

Though not a municipality, it is sometimes recognized as the largest suburb of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania ( while Upper Darby Township, Lower Merion Township, Bensalem Township, Abington Township and Bristol Township are municipalities larger in size in the three surrounding Pennsylvania counties ).

Tredyffrin is bordered by Easttown, East Whiteland, Willistown, Charlestown, Upper Merion, Radnor and Schuylkill townships.

Haverford College is partially located within Haverford Township and partially within Lower Merion Township.

King of Prussia is a census-designated place in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line.

Lower Merion is home to the oldest continuously used place of worship in the United States, the Merion Friends Meeting House, used continuously since 1695.

The Township is bounded by the City of Philadelphia, the Boroughs of Conshohocken and West Conshohocken, and the Townships of Upper Merion and Whitemarsh in Montgomery County and by the Townships of Haverford and Radnor in Delaware County.

Narberth is an enclave surrounded by Lower Merion Township, close to the western edge of the city of Philadelphia.

It is part of the " Main Line ", a string of leafy, picturesque suburbs with quaint Welsh names extending west from Philadelphia along the old Pennsylvania Railroad's " main line " from Merion through Ardmore, Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Devon and Wayne among other towns and municipalities.

It is sometimes confused with Merion because of its resemblance to that municipality.

Narberth is close to Saint Joseph's University, which occupies an increasingly large campus in nearby Merion on City Avenue.

It is part of Lower Merion Township, and the mailing address is Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Penn Wynne Elementary is part of the Lower Merion School District and is a feeder school to Lower Merion High School.

Upper Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Upper Merion Township is a township of the second class under Pennsylvania state statutes.

Upper Merion Township is run by an elected five person Board of Supervisors, each of whom serve staggered six year terms.

It is also bordered by the Schuylkill River, which separates it from Lower Merion Township.

The community of Ardmore is a suburb on the west side of Philadelphia, within Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County ; and Haverford Township in Delaware County.

The community north of Montgomery Avenue surrounding General Wayne Park is usually referred to as Merion Park and is in the same zipcode as Merion.

* Merion Mercy Academy, Merion Station, Pennsylvania

" John attended the Christ Church School in Kingston and the Episcopal Academy in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, where he developed his diction and his memory while memorizing portions of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer as a punishment.

Most SEPTA trains heading east to Philadelphia or west to Thorndale stop at Merion Station, located in the center of Merion.

Other public transportation options in Merion include the SEPTA Route 44 buses that travels along Old Lancaster Road and Montgomery Avenue between Ardmore and Center City, some of which stop at the Narberth Station ; the SEPTA Route 65 bus that traverses the length of City Line Avenue ; the SEPTA Route 105 bus that runs the entire length of the Main Line along Lancaster Avenue ( Route 30 ) and that stops at the Wynnewood Shopping Center.

It includes restaurants, gift shops and other stores, and local landmarks more than a half century old whose reputations extend well beyond Merion's limits, notably Hymie's Merion Delicatessen, The Tavern Restaurant, Murray's Delicatessen, Babis's Pharmacy, Bob Wark's Liberty Service Station, Bala Pizza, and the Township Cleaners.

Josh attends Waldron Mercy Academy, a private Catholic boys ' school ( in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia suburb, where Shyamalan attended and where much of the movie is filmed ).

The General Wayne Inn in Lower Merion Pennsylvania also served as a post office from 1830 to 1850 and was also the polling place in 1806.

The local fire department carries the King of Prussia name, whereas the police department and the school district carry the Upper Merion name.

The name Merion originates with the county of Merioneth in north Wales.

The name Merion originates with the county of Merioneth in north Wales.

However, the historical name of the town, used by historical figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, is Merion.

Among these were Gladwyne, formerly " Merion Square " ( which was given its new name in 1891 in order to imitate the stylish Welsh names of adjoining towns, although the name is meaningless in Welsh ), and Bryn Mawr, formerly " Humphreysville " ( which was renamed in 1869 ).

* Akiba Hebrew Academy ( Merion, Pennsylvania ), former name of Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy located in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania

The spelling of her Christian name is given as Merion rather than Merren.

It was given its new name to lessen confusion with the many " Merions " in the area, including the town of Merion, Lower Merion Township, and Upper Merion Township, and in imitation of the Welsh names of adjoining towns, although its new name was meaningless in Welsh.

Among the many notable graduates of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore are General Henry H. " Hap " Arnold ( 1903 ), Commanding General of the U. S. Army Air Forces in WWII ; General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ( 1942 ), the 59th United States Secretary of State ; James H. Billington ( 1946 ), the Librarian of Congress, and ; Kobe Bryant ( 1996 ), a professional NBA basketball player.

* Henry H. " Hap " Arnold, Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces in all theaters throughout World War II, first United States Air Force five-star general ; born in Gladwyne and graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore

* Alexander Haig, United States Army general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and United States Secretary of State ; grew up in Bala Cynwyd and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore

The campus itself is situated is an affluent suburban neighborhood, adjacent to the Haverford School, the Merion Golf Club and the Merion Cricket Club, one of the oldest country clubs in the United States.

Merion is an unincorporated community in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

According to the United States Census, 2000 Merion has 5, 951 residents, 93. 6 % of whom are White ; 2. 1 % are Black or African American ; 2. 7 % are Asian ; and 1. 3 % are Hispanic or Latino.

* April 4 – United States Senator H. John Heinz III and six others are killed when his Piper Aerostar and a Bell 412 helicopter collide over Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, and crash.

" Today, Haverford is most notable for being the site of Haverford College and one of the United States ' oldest country clubs, the Merion Cricket Club.

* 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 3 – 2 ( 15 ) Merion Cricket Club ( grass ) Haverford, United States

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania is an affluent suburban community located outside of Philadelphia in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, the 5th richest township in the country, and Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States.