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Oreland is a census-designated place split between Springfield and Upper Dublin townships in Montgomery County, just outside Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy neighborhoods.

It had 6,210 residents at the 2020 census, up from 5,678 in 2010, across about 1.5 square miles.

The 2010 census counted 2,138 households in Oreland, with an average household size of 2.65 people and a median age of 39.6 years.

Oreland takes its name from the rich lime and ore deposits beneath it: in 1686 Thomas Fitzwater discovered vast lime deposits on his land there and erected a kiln.

By 1693 the lime kiln had drawn William Penn to order a highway built from the Delaware River port to Oreland — today's Limekiln Pike, one of the first roads in the area and still in use.

The village itself was laid out in 1889 beside the North Penn Railroad, whose Oreland station is now served by SEPTA's Lansdale/Doylestown Line.

The Emlen House at Oreland's edge served as George Washington's headquarters from November 2 to December 11, 1777, during the Whitemarsh encampment of the Revolutionary War.

The old Plymouth Railroad line between Conshohocken and Oreland was mostly torn up in the 1980s, and its path is now used as an informal trail by runners and bikers.

Oreland students attend one of two districts depending on their side of the line: Springfield Township School District — whose Enfield Elementary and Springfield Middle School sit in Oreland, with Springfield Township High School next door in Erdenheim — or Upper Dublin School District, anchored by Upper Dublin High School.

Notable Oreland residents have included Jim Curtin, former head coach of the Philadelphia Union soccer team, and Wayne Hardin, a College Football Hall of Fame coach.