The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

It is the modern day Olney-Oak Lane Planning Analysis Section, though with a slight difference in the southern border.

It is in present-day North Philadelphia, although Olney-Oak Lane is sometimes considered to be separate from North Philadelphia entirely because of their unique architecture, culture and differing patterns of development.

Bristol Township was located at the north end of Philadelphia County, at the intersection of the angle which runs down from the extreme point between Philadelphia and Montgomery counties.

The Old York Road ran through it to Branchtown and Milestown (now East Oak Lane), and thence to Bucks County.