What is "wissahickon"

Wissahickon may refer to the following in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:

• Wissahickon, Philadelphia, a section or neighborhood of Philadelphia
• Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River
  • Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, spans the above creek in Philadelphia
• Wissahickon Formation, a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
• Wissahickon High School, in the borough of Ambler
• Wissahickon (house), a historic apartment building in Philadelphia
• Wissahickon School District, in Montgomery County
• Wissahickon (SEPTA station), a passenger rail station in Northwest Philadelphia
• Wissahickon Skating Club, a non-profit skating club in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia
• Wissahickon Trail, a suburban trail
• Wissahickon Valley Park, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
• USRC Wissahickon (1904), one of two Winnisimmet-class harbor tugs
• Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences, formerly known as the Wissahickon Farm School

Wissahickon is a historic apartment building in the Germantown, Philadelphia.

Wissahickon, which takes its name from nearby Wissahickon Creek, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1981.