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Ardmore contains the nation's first suburban branch of a major department store, the former Strawbridge & Clothier which opened there in 1930 the former Suburban movie theater-now Not Your Average Joe's Restaurant the newly relocated Ardmore Farmer's Market an Apple Store, and the usual selection of mall shops. Suburban Square, opened in 1928 as one of the earliest shopping centers in the United States, is located adjacent to the Ardmore train station. Residents and visitors enjoy several recreation areas, including Linwood Park, as well as South Ardmore Park, which is located in neighboring Wynnewood, though many mistake it for Ardmore. Īrdmore's train station is served by SEPTA Regional Rail's Paoli/Thorndale Line (commuter) and Amtrak (intercity) passenger trains. The South Ardmore Betterment Alliance is a community group in the southern (Haverford Township) portion of Ardmore which organizes various community activities.
The North Ardmore Civic Association represents residents of North Ardmore and Wynnewood north of Montgomery Avenue. The Ardmore Progressive Civic Association serves the historically black section of Ardmore bordered by ArdWood Civic Association, Haverford College, Montgomery Avenue, and the Montgomery/Delaware County line. Residents from South East Ardmore and Wynnewood cooperate as the ArdWood Civic Association. Ardmore is adjacent to Wynnewood (east), Haverford (west), Gladwyne (north), and Havertown (southwest). Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.1 km 2), all of it land. Today, Ardmore consistently ranks among the most desirable suburbs of Philadelphia. The factory closed in 1954 during demolition in 1956, a major fire broke out that threatened the downtown area before it was extinguished. The Autocar Company moved its headquarters to Ardmore in 1899 and constructed a factory on the edge of the downtown area.
Originally named "Athensville" in 1853, the community and its railroad station were renamed "Ardmore" in 1873 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, on whose Main Line, west out of Philadelphia, Ardmore sits at Milepost 8.5. Ardmore is a suburb on the west side of Philadelphia, within Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County and Haverford Township in Delaware County. The population was 12,455 at the 2010 census and had risen to 13,566 in the 2020 Census. Ardmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) spanning the border between Delaware and Montgomery counties in the U.S.