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Broad Axe

"Named after the tavern, this name first appeared on maps in 1792." [1]

"Broad Axe in Montgomery was so called from a sign of the 1790's displaying a broad axe, a square, and a compass. "[2]

Has the dubious distinction of being called "a small unimportant village" in Polk's 1882 Pennsylvania Directory.

  1. Comprehensive Plan, Whitemarsh Township, 2003
  2. Mitchell, Edwin Valentine, It's An Old Pennsylvania Custom, 1947, Vanguard Press, New York
Polk's 1882 Gazetteer

BROAD AXE. A small unimportant village in Whitpain township, Montgomery county, 6 miles east of Norristown, the county seat. Ship to Fort Washington, 3 miles east, on N. P. Div. of P. & R. R. R. Population, 50. J. G. Danehouer, postmaster.

  • Ameg Wm F, painter.
  • Danehouer J G, general store.
  • Clark S R & Son, hotel.
  • James Seth, blacksmith.
  • Stackhouse Joseph, coal and lumber.
  • Swaincott Wm wagoomkr.
  • Wagner Charles, shoemkr.

R.L.Polk, Pennsylvania State Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1882, Philadelphia

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