Glenolden, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Municipality
Location overview
Glenolden is a borough in southeastern Delaware County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia International Airport. It incorporated in 1894 from land formerly in Darby and Ridley townships. Railway development helped turn the area from farms and estates into a residential suburb. Chester Pike runs through the borough, linking it with neighboring communities. Glenolden Park developed from former Scott family land transferred to the borough in 1934.