Philadelphia Koreatown

{{Short description|Neighborhood of Pennsylvania, United States}}

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File:From-upper-darby-koreatown.jpg is another area where there are significant pockets of Korean people and commerce, at Fairfield Avenue and Garrett Road.]]

The first Philadelphia Koreatown ({{Korean|hangul=필라델피아 코리아타운}}) is located around the Olney section of the city of Philadelphia, United States. Since the late 1980s, the Korean community has expanded northward, and it now straddles the border between North Philadelphia in Philadelphia proper and the northern suburb of Cheltenham, although many Korean-American businesses and organizations and some residents remain in Olney and adjoining neighborhoods. Upper Darby Township, bordering West Philadelphia, also has a large Korean-American population;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQKq4mtdWv8C&q=koreatown+upper+darby&pg=PA56|title=Dynamics of Ethnic Identity: Three Asian American Communities in Philadelphia|author=Jae-Hyup Lee|year=1998|isbn=9780815331186}} meanwhile, a rapidly growing Korean population and commercial presence has emerged in suburban Cherry Hill, New Jersey since 2010, centered along Marlton Pike, attracted to the Cherry Hill Public Schools.{{cite web|url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/eat-drink/a-sandwich-with-a-little-bit-of-seoul/|title=A sandwich With a Little Bit of Seoul - The Koagie comes to Cherry Hill|author=Catherine Laughlin|publisher=New Jersey Monthly|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP05/0600000US3400712280|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES - 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150427015821/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP05/0600000US3400712280|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400712280|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey - 2010 Demographic Profile Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212102255/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400712280|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/korean-restaurant-cherry-hill-new-jersey-102541.html|title=Korean Restaurants in Cherry Hill, New Jersey|author=Richard Manfredi, Demand Media|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=April 26, 2015}} Signage in Hangul is ubiquitous in some neighborhoods in these areas.