Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania

Whitemarsh Township
Home rule municipality
Farmar Mill in Whitemarsh Township, built c. 1690
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Location of Whitemarsh Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°06′00″N 75°14′58″W / 40.10000°N 75.24944°W / 40.10000; -75.24944
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Settled	1683
Area [1]
• Total	14.73 sq mi (38.2 km2)
• Land	14.59 sq mi (37.8 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	220 ft (70 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	17,349
• Estimate  (2016)[2]	17,795
• Density	1,200/sq mi (450/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	610, 484
FIPS code	42-091-84624
Website	www.whitemarshtwp.org

Whitemarsh Township is a home rule municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It retains its former classification of "Township" in its official name despite being a home rule municipality. The population was 19,707 at the 2020 census. Whitemarsh is adjacent to the neighborhood of Andorra in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, and is bordered in Montgomery County by Springfield, Upper Dublin, Whitpain, and Plymouth townships, Conshohocken, and the Schuylkill River, which separates it from Lower Merion Township.

Communities in Whitemarsh Township include Barren Hill, Lafayette Hill, part of Miquon, which straddles Whitemarsh and Springfield townships, Spring Mill, part of Plymouth Meeting, which straddles Whitemarsh and Plymouth townships, and part of Fort Washington, some of which is in Whitemarsh, but which is chiefly in Upper Dublin Township.