Ībington Township High School and Fox Chase Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The railroad reached the township in 1855, with the first station building erected in 1873 on the site of today's Noble Station. The Abington Presbyterian Church opened in the early years of the township, and while the original building is gone, its graveyard is still used today. The cornerstone of the original Abington Friends School, in operation since before Abington's incorporation, is used in today's school building. Some institutions have been in Abington for most of its existence. During the American Revolutionary War, there was a small battle that took place at Edge Hill. A local 1734 census counted 42 resident landowners. The town's name is likely taken from parishes in England formed over 900 years ago in Northamptonshire or Cambridgeshire. After brief times under other names, the township incorporated as Abington in 1704. By the next decade, a handful of European settlers built and lived in Hill Township, at the crossroads of Susquehanna Street Road and Old York Road.

The land that comprises Abington today was purchased from the native Lenape by William Penn during the 1680s. Abington contains the Willow Grove Park Mall, several small businesses, and a few of Montgomery County's largest employers. Many of these older business and transportation centers were the forerunners of modern Abington. It is home to some of the county's oldest transportation routes, industries and churches. The population density is 3603.3 per square mile (1,377/km 2), making it the second most densely populated township in Montgomery County after Cheltenham Township.Ībington Township is one of Montgomery County's oldest communities, dating back before 1700 and being incorporated in 1704. The population was 58,502 as of the 2020 census, making it the second most populous township in Montgomery County after Lower Merion Township. It is adjacent to Philadelphia's northern fringe. Abington Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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