Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

Lower Merion Lower Merion Township
Township
The Lower Merion Township building in Ardmore in April 2022
Flag Seal
Motto:  "A First-Class Township"
Location of Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Lower Merion Location of Lower Merion Township in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 39°59′00″N 75°15′59″W / 39.98333°N 75.26639°W / 39.98333; -75.26639
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montgomery
Settled	1682
Incorporated	1713
Government
• Township Manager	Ernie McNeely
• Board President	Todd Sinai (D)
Area [1]
• Total	23.83 sq mi (61.73 km2)
• Land	23.61 sq mi (61.16 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2)
Elevation	200 ft (60 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	63,633
• Estimate  (2021)[2]	64,148
• Density	2,695/sq mi (1,040/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	610 and 484
FIPS code	42-091-44976
Website	www.lowermerion.org

Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Philadelphia Main Line. The township's name originates with the county of Merioneth in north Wales. Merioneth is an English-language transcription of the Welsh Meirionnydd.

Lower Merion Township, along with Upper Darby, Haverford, and Cheltenham, are major suburbs of Philadelphia, the United States' sixth-most populous city as of 2020. With a population of 63,633, Lower Merion Township is the ninth-most populous municipality in Pennsylvania as of the 2020 U.S. census.^[3]

The center of Lower Merion Township is located 11.9 miles (19.2 km) northwest of the center Philadelphia, the state's largest city. Parts of the township border the northwestern section of the city.