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INDIAN VALLEY

RE/MAX Realty Group is proud to serve the Indian Valley Community. This region includes the following communities: East Rockhill Township, Towamencin Township, West Rockhill Township, Franconia Township, Skippack Township, Hatfield Borough, Hatfield Township, Hilltown Township, Lower Salford Township, Salford Township, Souderton Borough, Telford Borough & Upper Salford Township.

Located just 20 miles north of Philadelphia, 100 miles west of the Atlantic Coast and 75 miles south of the Pocono, the 49 square miles, which make up the Indian Valley Area are in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This area supports farmlands as well as large and small businesses. There is major access by several highways, railroads and airports.
                                                                                                          
Indian Valley Region

The Indian Valley is located in the north central section of Montgomery County. It includes the four townships of Franconia, Lower Salford, Salford, and Upper Salford and the two boroughs of Souderton and Telford. These six municipalities comprise a region nearly 49 square miles in size.

As little as 25 years ago, the region was an undeveloped, rural area with many working farms and a few small villages. While a good portion of the Indian Valley retains that rural character to this day, much of the region has changed. Growth pressures pushing outward from Philadelphia have resulted in the rapid construction of many homes and businesses on what was once open land. Similar growth and development patterns have occurred repeatedly throughout Montgomery County and the larger Delaware Valley region.

The development patterns experienced by the Indian Valley region can be largely attributed to the fact that the region is conveniently located for easy access to jobs, stores, and highways. King of Prussia, North Penn, Fort Washington, Montgomeryville, and Quakertown are all within a 30-minute drive of the region. The King of Prussia area alone offers more than 30,000 jobs and has more than 2,000,000 square feet of retail space. Fort Washington and the North Penn area also offer about 30,000 jobs respectively. Quakertown and other areas of Bucks County are frequent working and shopping destinations for Indian Valley residents. The Indian Valley itself is an employment center offering approximately 3,600 jobs in the meatpacking and insurance industries alone.

Brief Indian Valley History

In 1684 William Penn purchased the Perkiomen Watershed from the Lenape Indians. Many of the settlers of the Indian Valley were a collection of Rhineland Germans and Swiss. The Indian Valley got its name from early settlers who noticed that much of present-day Franconia had an abundance of fertile farmfields which were cultivated by the Lenape Indians. The early settlers called these fields "Indianfield."

By 1853 the old paths of the Indians and settlers were intersected by a north-south railroad. With the railroad, boroughs developed quite rapidly with mills, warehouses, businesses, institutions and residences. Souderton and Telford became the hub of the Indian Valley. Many young people migrated off the surrounding farms to look for work in their many mills and factories. Souderton became well known for its clothing mills and cigar factories. By 1909 Harleysville developed as a center of commerce with the opening of the Harleysville Bank and then in 1915 the Harleysville Insurance Company.

After World War II the clothing industry began to decline, and the boroughs began to suffer. However, work was to be found just south of Souderton as some of the larger farm families in the valley began building plants to process their foodstuffs. A cluster of plants as well as an auction center began to evolve through Souderton and into Franconia.

Today the Indian Valley is growing, yet much of the employment base and community traits remain the same. Growth is seen in new housing subdivisions in Franconia and Lower Salford; expanded headquarters operations in Harleysville and Souderton; as well as the growth of institutions within the Indian Valley.

1.     Pennsylvania State Archives

2.     Montgomery County, 2004 Indian Valley Comprehensive Plan, www.montcopa.org

3.     Montgomery County, 2005 Pottstown Metropolitan Region Comprehensive Plan, www.montcopa.org

Indian Valley