Limerick, Pennsylvania, United States

🇺🇸 Limerick Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History The township was named for the hometown of early settler William Evans, whose family arrived in the area from Limerick, Ireland in 1698. The township is mentioned in Philadelphia court records in the 1710s, but formal proceedings recording the township's boundaries were not entered until March Sessions 1726. Royersford was created from its south-eastern corner in 1879. Limerick Township is a member of the Spring-Ford Area School District.

The William and Mordecai Evans House and Isaac Hunsberger House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22.8 square miles (59.0 km²), of which 22.6 square miles (58.5 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km²) (0.92%) is water. The Limerick Nuclear Power Plant is located within its borders, along with Heritage Field Airport. The township is drained by the Schuylkill River, which separates it from Chester County. Its villages include Barlow Heights, Limerick, Linfield, and Neiffer.

Limerick Township is 34 miles (55 km) north-west of Center City, Philadelphia.

Neighboring municipalities • Lower Pottsgrove Township (west) • New Hanover Township (northwest) • Upper Frederick Township (north) • Lower Frederick Township (northeast) • Perkiomen Township (east) • Upper Providence Township (southeast) • Royersford (south) • East Vincent Township, Chester County (southwest) • East Coventry Township, Chester County (southwest).

Transport As of 2022 there were 120.30 miles (193.60 km) of public roads in Limerick Township, of which 34.14 miles (54.94 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 86.16 miles (138.66 km) were maintained by the township.

U.S. Route 422 is the main highway serving Limerick Township. It follows the Pottstown Expressway along a northwest-southeast alignment across the south-western portion of the township, with three interchanges providing local access.

SEPTA provides Suburban Bus service to Limerick Township along Route 93, which runs between the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown and Pottstown and serves the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in the township, and Route 139, which runs between the King of Prussia Transit Center at the King of Prussia mall and Limerick. Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART) provides bus service to the Philadelphia Premium Outlets along the Blue Line route, which heads west to Pottstown.