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Limerick Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named for the hometown of early settler William Evans, whose family arrived in the area from Limerick, Ireland in 1698. The township was created in the 1720s - early records do not survive to tell the exact date, although it is mentioned in Philadelphia records as early as 1726. Royersford, Pennsylvania was created from its southeastern corner in 1879. Limerick Township is a member of the Spring-Ford Area School District. The township has grown from an 1986 population of only 3,300 to 13,534 (2000 census), making it the fifth fastest growing municipality in Pennsylvania. On July 27, 1994, a deadly tornado struck parts of Limerick Township, killing an infant and her parents. The most affected area was the Hamlet housing development.
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