Abington
Abington, urban township, Montgomery county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. Abington is a northern suburb of Philadelphia, encompassing the communities of Ardsley, Glenside, McKinley, Noble, North Glenside, and Roslyn.
The area was inhabited by Delaware Indians when European settlers began arriving in the late 16th century. Abington was organized in the early 1700s, probably named for a parish in England. Abington became a station on the North Pennsylvania Railroad in 1855. During the American Revolution, a skirmish between American and British troops took place on December 7, 1777, at nearby Edge Hill. The township’s manufactures include pressed steel, chemicals, and metal and plastic products. Penn State Abington (formerly Ogontz School for Girls), a campus of Pennsylvania State University, opened in the township in 1950. Inc. 1906. Pop. (2000) 56,103; (2010) 55,310.