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KING OF PRUSSIA? WHAT KIND OF
NAME IS THAT ?While most people in
the region have heard of King of Prussia, we
agree that it's kind of an unusual name for a
town.
King of Prussia, a suburb about 30 minutes
west of Philadelphia, is arguably best known
as the home of the second largest shopping
mall on the planet. It was the largest until
they built the Mall of America just outside
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The town was named for Frederick the Great,
the King of Prussia in the mid 1700's. It is
a suburban community at the intersection of
many major routes, including the Pennsylvania
Turnpike and the infamous Schuylkill
(skool-kill) Expressway from
Philadelphia.
Our offices in King of Prussia are just a
stone's throw from Valley Forge National
Historic Park, home of George Washington's
army during the long and difficult winter of
1777-78. Some say the name was given to honor
Frederick's support for George Washington
during the American Revolution.
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