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Sharswood
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Girard College is adjacent to Sharswood's southern border.
Girard College is adjacent to Sharswood's southern border.
Country  United States
State Pennsylvania
County Philadelphia County
City Philadelphia
Area code(s) Area code 215

Sharswood is a small neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located to the east of Brewerytown, north of Girard College, west of Ridge Avenue, and south of the Norman Blumberg apartment towers. It is often grouped with Brewerytown, as in the Brewerytown-Sharswood Community Civic Association, and the Brewerytown-Sharswood NTI Planning Area.

Municipalities and communities of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Sections and
Neighborhoods
West
Lower North
Upper North
Olney-Oak Lane
Upper Northwest
Near Northeast
Far Northeast
River Wards
Former
Municipalities
Boroughs
Townships
  • Blockley
  • Bristol
  • Byberry
  • Delaware
  • Germantown
  • Kingsessing
  • Lower Dublin
  • Moreland
  • Northern Liberties
  • Oxford
  • Passyunk
  • Penn
  • Roxborough
Footnotes
As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat.

Coordinates: 39°58′38″N 75°10′26″W / 39.97728°N 75.17377°W / 39.97728; -75.17377

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