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Ardmore Census-designated place Country United States State Pennsylvania Counties Delaware , Montgomery Townships Haverford , Lower Merion Area 1.9  miﾲ (4.9  kmﾲ )  - land 1.9  miﾲ (4.9  kmﾲ )  - water 0.0  miﾲ (0  kmﾲ ), 0% Center  - coordinates 40ﾰ002243N, 75ﾰ172073W  - elevation 282  ft (86  m ) Population 12,616 ( 2000 ) Density 6,588.5 / miﾲ (2,543.8 / kmﾲ ) Time zone EST ( UTC-5 )  -  summer (DST) EDT ( UTC-4 ) Area code 610 Location of Ardmore in Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States Ardmore is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . The United States Census Bureau has also defined a census-designated place (CDP) around the community for statistical purposes. The community has no legal existence as a municipality. The community of Ardmore is a suburb in the west side of Philadelphia , primarily within Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County and is the seat of Lower Merion Township. However, the CDP also includes the area of Ardmore Park in adjacent Haverford Township in Delaware County . The population was 12,616 at the 2000 census. Originally named Athensville in 1853, the community was renamed Ardmore in 1873 by the Pennsylvania Railroad on which it is a station (MP 8.5) on the Main Line . [1] Since 2004, Ardmore's business district has been the subject of a hotly contested eminent domain battle. A grassroots organization, the Save Ardmore Coalition * [2] , opposed an eminent domain/redevelopment program that would likely have involved the demolition of certain historic buildings, and favored preserving those buildings for other commercial use. In March 2006 the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution disavowing the use of eminent domain for the benefit of private redevelopment projects. The Ardmore battle was also instrumental in prompting the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation in 2006 * restricting the use of eminent domain for private projects.