is an official section of Philadelphia. It is a section of Philadelphia that is immediately north of Upper North Philadelphia and south of Cheltenham. It is an area that consists of the now defunct township that was called "Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". The section is often included as part of North Philadelphia by city government agencies, though locally it is often referred to as "Uptown," along with the Germantown-Chestnut Hill section. The section includes neighborhoods in the center-north of the city: River Wards The River Wards section of Philadelphia is located to the northeast of Center City, along the Delaware River. Neighborhoods within the River Wards include: Near Northeast Philadelphia Near Northeast Philadelphia, is a section of the city of Philadelphia. When combined with the Far Northeast, to be "Northeast Philadelphia", the 2000 Census shows that the combined area has a sizable percentage of the city's 1.547 million people — a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending on how the area is defined. Beginning in the 1980s, many of the Northeast's middle class children graduated from college and settled in suburbs, especially nearby Bucks County. An influx of Hispanics has occurred in the Northeast, while African Americans and Asian immigrants have purchased homes in Northeast Philadelphia. The Northeast is now both racially and ethnically diverse and has a large immigrant population. Far Northeast Philadelphia Far Northeast Philadelphia is an official planning section of Philadelphia that is north of the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia. References Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names—A list adapted and expanded from Finkel 1995:156-170 by the Philadelphia City Archives staff External links Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names Philadelphia neighborhoods: data and interactive map. Philadelphia Neighborhoods