Upper Darby Township (often shortened to simply
Upper Darby) is a
home rule township bordering
West Philadelphia in
Delaware County,
Pennsylvania,
United States. Upper Darby is also home to the
Tower Theater, a historic music venue on 69th Street built in the 1920s. Upper Darby's population is diverse, representing over 100 ethnic cultures located within its densely populated, rowhouse streets. It is Pennsylvania's sixth most populous municipality. Located just 2.8 miles from
Center City (downtown Philadelphia), and houses the western terminus of the
Market-Frankford Line of the
SEPTA mass transit system of Philadelphia, with the location at 69th Street in the heart of Upper Darby's principal business district. Multiple trolley and bus lines connect the
69th Street Terminal to all major
SEPTA lines of Philadelphia.