Byberry

Byberry is a place name in Northeast Philadelphia that can have several references. Byberry is a neighborhood in the far northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally it was incorporated as the Township of Byberry and was the northeasternmost municipality of Philadelphia County before the City and County consolidated in 1854. Byberry had a strong abolitionist presence and may have been an original stop on the Underground Railroad. Today, the area occupied by the township is mostly synonymous with the neighborhood of Somerton, as neighborhoods Byberry and Somerton tend to overlap. Byberry can also refer to Byberry Road, an often-congested traffic artery that connects to Roosevelt Boulevard (U.S. 1) and the unfinished...