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Neighborhood of Pennsylvania, United States

Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States

Koreatown Neighborhood of Philadelphia Professional offices along Cheltenham Avenue in Cheltenham, one of several areas in the Delaware Valley encompassing Greater Philadelphia that has a significant Korean population. In the background is the northern terminus of Broad Street. Koreatown Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia City Philadelphia Area codes 215, 267 and 445

[Upper Darby Township](/source/Upper_Darby_Township%2C_Pennsylvania) is another area where there are significant pockets of Korean people and commerce, at Fairfield Avenue and Garrett Road.

The first **Philadelphia Koreatown** ([Korean](/source/Korean_language): 필라델피아 코리아타운) is located around the [Olney](/source/Olney%2C_Philadelphia) section of the city of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), United States. Since the late 1980s, the Korean community has expanded northward, and it now straddles the border between [North Philadelphia](/source/North_Philadelphia) in Philadelphia proper and the northern suburb of [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham_Township%2C_Pennsylvania), although many Korean-American businesses and organizations and some residents remain in Olney and adjoining neighborhoods. [Upper Darby Township](/source/Upper_Darby_Township%2C_Pennsylvania), bordering [West Philadelphia](/source/West_Philadelphia), also has a large Korean-American population;[1] meanwhile, a rapidly growing Korean population and commercial presence has emerged in suburban [Cherry Hill](/source/Cherry_Hill%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) since 2010, centered along [Marlton Pike](/source/Marlton_Pike), attracted to the [Cherry Hill Public Schools](/source/Cherry_Hill_Public_Schools).[2][3][4][5] Signage in [Hangul](/source/Hangul) is ubiquitous in some neighborhoods in these areas.

## History

According to *[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)*, the Koreatown had "moved" from the Logan neighborhood into the [Olney](/source/Olney%2C_Philadelphia) section in the early 1980s, attributing the migration from Logan to "too much crime" and the "schools weren't so good" at the time in Logan.[6] In Olney, tensions were high between Koreans and the German community,[6] as well as the black community, who did not want the section of the town to be officially declared "Koreatown", causing much violence and crime to be committed not only against Koreans, but East Asians in general.[7] The original Koreatown existed on North 5th Street in Olney since 1984, with Korean language signs put up to help official recognition of the area; those signs were vandalized in the late 1980s[1] but eventually resurrected. In 2024, [U.S. Representative](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) [Andy Kim](/source/Andy_Kim_(politician)) from [Marlton, New Jersey](/source/Marlton%2C_New_Jersey), another [South Jersey](/source/South_Jersey) suburb of Philadelphia with a significant and growing Korean population, became the first elected uniracial Korean American [U.S. Senate](/source/U.S._Senate) candidate.

## Religion

There is a large Korean Catholic church, Holy Angels.[8]

## See also

- [Pennsylvania portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pennsylvania)
- [Philadelphia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Philadelphia)
- [South Korea portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:South_Korea)
- [United States portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States)

- [Koreatown](/source/Koreatown)

- [Korean American](/source/Korean_American)

- [Chinatown, Philadelphia](/source/Chinatown%2C_Philadelphia)

- [Little Saigon, Philadelphia](/source/Little_Saigon%2C_Philadelphia)

- [Cambodia Town, Philadelphia](/source/Little_Cambodia#Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)

- [Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania](/source/Upper_Darby_Township%2C_Pennsylvania)

- [Millbourne, Pennsylvania](/source/Millbourne%2C_Pennsylvania)

- [Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania](/source/Cheltenham_Township%2C_Pennsylvania)

- [Cherry Hill, New Jersey](/source/Cherry_Hill%2C_New_Jersey)

- [Koreatown, Palisades Park (벼랑 공원 코리아타운)](/source/Koreatown%2C_Palisades_Park)

- [Koreatown, Fort Lee (포트 리 코리아타운)](/source/Koreatown%2C_Fort_Lee)

- [List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations](/source/List_of_U.S._cities_with_significant_Korean-American_populations)

## Gallery

		- View towards Market Street PA route 3, across from [H-Mart](/source/H-Mart), at Terminal Square. The [69th Street Transportation Center](/source/69th_Street_Transportation_Center) is also nearby.

		- [H-Mart](/source/H-Mart) in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania

		- [H-Mart](/source/H-Mart) and other Korean-American businesses in Cheltenham

		- More Korean businesses in Cheltenham

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-three_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-three_1-1) Jae-Hyup Lee (1998). [*Dynamics of Ethnic Identity: Three Asian American Communities in Philadelphia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QQKq4mtdWv8C&q=koreatown+upper+darby&pg=PA56). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780815331186](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780815331186).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-KoreatownCherryHill_2-0)** Catherine Laughlin (April 10, 2012). ["A sandwich With a Little Bit of Seoul - The Koagie comes to Cherry Hill"](https://njmonthly.com/articles/eat-drink/a-sandwich-with-a-little-bit-of-seoul/). New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES - 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey"](http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP05/0600000US3400712280). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau). Retrieved April 26, 2015.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey - 2010 Demographic Profile Data"](http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400712280). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2015.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Richard Manfredi, Demand Media. ["Korean Restaurants in Cherry Hill, New Jersey"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114257/http://traveltips.usatoday.com/korean-restaurant-cherry-hill-new-jersey-102541.html). *USA TODAY*. Archived from [the original](http://traveltips.usatoday.com/korean-restaurant-cherry-hill-new-jersey-102541.html) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LoganToOlney_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LoganToOlney_6-1) Marc Kaufman (July 13, 1986). ["'Koreatown': From Logan Into Olney"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120612025628/http://articles.philly.com/1986-07-13/news/26099038_1_korean-community-street-signs-koreatown). *[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)*. Archived from [the original](http://articles.philly.com/1986-07-13/news/26099038_1_korean-community-street-signs-koreatown) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** William J. Swiatek (2008). [*The Residential Patterns of Immigrants in Greater Philadelphia: A ...*](https://books.google.com/books?id=h4Rt7sWNqUEC&q=koreatown+philadelphia&pg=PA172) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780549387824](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780549387824).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Holy Angels (Korean)"](http://archphila.org/parish/holy-angels-philadelphia/). [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia). Retrieved April 22, 2020.

## External links

- [N. 5th Street Project official website](http://koreancenter.org/5th-street-project/)

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