Bryn Mawr

Welcome to Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr is a census-designated place (CDP) in both Radnor Township and Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue (US-30) and the border with Delaware County. Bryn Mawr is located toward the center of what is known as the Main Line, a group of picturesque and affluent Philadelphia suburbs stretching from the city limits to Malvern. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 4,382. Bryn Mawr is home to Bryn Mawr College. Bryn Mawr is also well known as one of the wealthiest communities in the United States.

History

The name Bryn Mawr means "big hill" in Welsh and takes its name from an estate near Dolgellau in North Wales. This was the farm of Rowland Ellis, who emigrated to Pennsylvania from Dolgellau in 1686 to escape religious persecution.

Until 1869 and the coming of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the town was known as Humphreysville. The town was renamed by railroad agent William H. Wilson after he acquired on behalf of the railroad the 283 acres (1.15 km2) that now comprise Bryn Mawr.

In 1893, the first hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, was built on the Main Line by Dr. George Gerhard. Glenays was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Geography

Bryn Mawr is located at 40°1′16″N 75°19′01″W (40.021022, -75.316901). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), some of which is in Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Part of Bryn Mawr is located in Delaware County, located at the coordinates 40°1' 25.0212"N 75°19' 46.1676"W, its zip code is 19010 with a total population of 3,779. However, the "Bryn Mawr" zip code (19010) covers a larger area, and as a result, the geographic term "Bryn Mawr" is often used in a sense that includes not only the CDP, but also other areas that share the zip code. These other areas include the community of Rosemont within Lower Merion Township and Radnor Township, and various other areas within Lower Merion Township, Radnor Township, and Haverford Township. Bryn Mawr is a part of the Philadelphia Main Line, a string of towns located along a rail road that leads to downtown Philadelphia. Other towns include, Lower Merion, Radnor, Villanova. As of the 2000 Census, the Bryn Mawr ZIP code was home to 21,485 people with a median family income of $110,956.

Notable Residents

• Charles Augustus Aldworth, Titanic passenger.
• Julius Wesley Becton, Jr., a retired United States Army general, former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director, and education administrator.
• John Bogle, founder and retired CEO of The Vanguard Group
• William E. Carter and family, Titanic survivors.
• Fran Crippen, swimmer.
• Kat Dennings, actress.
• Mark DiFelice, MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers.
• Adelaide C. Eckardt, Maryland politician.
• Bernard Farrell, former Chairman of 550/Sony Music Entertainment, Founder,StarHouse Records, & President of the International Recorded Music Council.
• Drew Gilpin Faust, historian of the American Civil War and first female president of Harvard University, graduated from Bryn Mawr College.
• Jim Gardner, Philadelphia WPVI-TV news anchorman.
• Adam Goren, punk-rock musician known as Atom and His Package.
• Hanna Holborn Gray, historian of Germany and first female president of the University of Chicago, graduated from Bryn Mawr College.
• Edith Hamilton, classics scholar, author of The Greek Way and The Roman Way, graduated from and taught at Bryn Mawr College.
• Philip A. Hart, United States Senator from Michigan, 1959–1976, nicknamed the Conscience of the Senate.
• Katharine Hepburn, actress and four-time Academy Award recipient, graduated from Bryn Mawr College.
• Edward Barnes Leisenring, Jr., American coal executive.
• Daniel Pratt Mannix IV, author of The Fox and the Hound.
• Jayne Mansfield, actress.
• Jacqueline Mars, heiress to Mars, Inc. candy bar fortune.
• Tim McCarver, sports broadcaster.

Courtesy of Wikipedia