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Swarthmore is located in east-central Delaware County at 39°54′6″N 75°20′49″W (39.901788, −75.347083).[5] It is bordered to the north, east, and southwest by Springfield Township, to the southeast by Ridley Township, and to the west by Nether Providence Township. Crum Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Delaware River, forms the western boundary of the borough.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Swarthmore borough has a total area of 1.40 square miles (3.63 km2), all of it land.[3] It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and average monthly temperatures range from 33.1° F in January to 78.0° F in July.[6] The local hardiness zone is 7a.[7]
Swarthmore lies within the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. In 1983, the district was formed via a merger with the Nether Providence School District and Swarthmore-Rutledge School District. Public school students attend Swarthmore-Rutledge Elementary School, housed in the old Swarthmore High School, for grades K-5, Strath Haven Middle School for grades 6-8, and Strath Haven High School for grades 9-12.
The borough's only private school is the George Crothers Memorial School, housed in the old Rutgers Avenue School. Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic School is located adjacent to the borough.
For higher education, the borough is home to Swarthmore College, an academically-acclaimed private liberal arts college.