Wynnewood, Pennsylvania | |
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 Wynnewood post office | |
  Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Location of Wynnewood in Pennsylvania  Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°00′10″N 75°16′15″W / 40.00278°N 75.27083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Montgomery, Delaware |
| Townships | Lower Merion, Haverford |
| Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
| Population | 13,572 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Zip Code | 19096 |
| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 |
Wynnewood is a suburban unincorporated community, located west of Philadelphia, straddling Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The community was named in 1691 for Dr. Thomas Wynne, William Penn's physician and the first Speaker of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Wynnewood is one of many neighborhoods on the historic Philadelphia Main Line, and is the home of institutions such as Lankenau Medical Center, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary,[1] Palmer Theological Seminary, All Saints' Episcopal Church, and Friends' Central School.
- ^ Colleges in the Middle Atlantic States 2009 (24 ed.). Peterson's. ISBN 0-7689-2555-X.