La Mott, Pennsylvania

La Mott
Camp Town
Unincorporated community Neighborhood of Cheltenham Township
La Mott, corner of Willow Avenue and Sycamore Avenue. September 2012.
Country	United States of America
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Township	Cheltenham
Elevation	230 ft (70.1 m)
Coordinates	40°04′04″N 75°08′26″W / 40.06778°N 75.14056°W / 40.06778; -75.14056Coordinates: 40°04′04″N 75°08′26″W / 40.06778°N 75.14056°W / 40.06778; -75.14056
Area	.261 sq mi (0.7 km2)
- land	.261 sq mi (1 km2)
- water	0.00 sq mi (0 km2), 0%
Population	3,554 (2010)
Density	13,616.9/sq mi (5,257.5/km2)
Commissioner	Harvey Portner
Timezone	Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
Area code	215
Location of La Mott in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Website: http://www.historic-lamott-pa.com/
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Official name	Village of La Mott
Designated	June, 1973

La Mott is an unincorporated residential community in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the City of Philadelphia along Cheltenham Avenue. There are 65 locations in the continental United States named Mott, but this is the only one named La Mott. La Mott has the ZIP code of 19027. Formerly known as Camp Town, it is home to Camp William Penn, the first federal training site for black soldiers during the American Civil War. Lucretia Mott lived here from the 1850s to her death in 1880. Her house, Roadside, was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. La Mott is a close-in suburb of Philadelphia.

Gallery

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  La Mott AME Church.
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  La Mott Community Center and Free Library.
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  Residence on Old York Road.
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  Sign at the site of former Lucretia C. Mott House.
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  La Mott historical marker

See also

• Camptown Historic District

External links

• Historic La Mott
• Camptown Historic Site Profile

References

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Township of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Founded 1682
Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock Melrose Park Wyncote
Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham High School Cheltenham Township School District Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium Gratz College Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Salus University Tyler School of Art Westminster Theological Seminary
National Historic Sites	Beth Sholom Synagogue Camp William Penn Camptown Historic District Curtis Hall Arboretum Elkins Railroad Station George K. Heller School Glenside Memorial Hall Grey Towers Castle Henry West Breyer Sr. House Milmoral Rowland House St. Paul's Episcopal Church Wall House Wyncote Historic District
Famous People	Reggie Jackson Lucretia Mott Benjamin Netanyahu Ezra Pound Wallace Triplett
See also	Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district Elkins Estate Lynnewood Hall Cheltenham Square Mall Newgrounds Tookany Creek Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Curtis Publishing Company Einstein Medical Center Oak Lane Day School
Historical Railroads	SEPTA Route 6 North Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad
Regional Rail Lines	Main Line Airport Line Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Warminster West Trenton
Regional Rail Stations	Jenkintown-Wyncote Glenside Elkins Park Melrose Park Cheltenham
SEPTA Bus Routes	6 16 18 22 24 28 55 57 70 77 80 H XH Former: C
Infrastructure	Cheltenham Township Police Department
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Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Norristown
Boroughs	Ambler Bridgeport Bryn Athyn Collegeville Conshohocken East Greenville Green Lane Hatboro Hatfield Jenkintown Lansdale Narberth Norristown North Wales Pennsburg Pottstown Red Hill Rockledge Royersford Schwenksville Souderton Telford‡ Trappe West Conshohocken
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CDPs	Arcadia University Ardmore‡ Audubon Blue Bell Bryn Mawr Eagleville Evansburg Flourtown Fort Washington Gilbertsville Glenside Halfway House Harleysville Haverford College‡ Horsham King of Prussia Kulpsville Maple Glen Montgomeryville Oreland Penn Wynne Plymouth Meeting Pottsgrove Sanatoga Skippack Spring House Spring Mount Stowe Trooper Willow Grove Woxall Wyncote Wyndmoor
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