Delaware County Links
50 Powell Rd., Springfield, PA, USA, 19064
Springfield Township, Delaware County is located 12 miles southwest of Philadelphia. It traces its governmental beginning to the year 1686 when the early settlers from Europe secured land grants from William Penn. Since 1924, the Township of Springfield h ...
121 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA, USA, 19081
www.swarthmorepa.org/index.asp
The official date for the founding of the Borough of Swarthmore is 1893, but its history begins earlier with its development as a college town and commuter suburb. Access to good roads and public transportation encouraged the development of its residentia ...
6 Township Drive, Cheyney, PA, USA, 19319
Link to Thornbury Township, Delaware County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
629 North Governor Printz Blvd, Essington, PA, USA, 19029
The area now known as the Township of Tinicum in Delaware County Pennsylvania was originally inhabited by the Lenni-Lenape Indians. The name " Leni-Lenape " loosely interpreted in their Algonquian language meant "the real people" or "the original people." ...
824 Main Street, Trainer, PA, USA, 19061
Link to Trainer Borough, Delaware County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
Furey Road, Bootwyn, PA, USA, 19061
www.upperchichester.org/Home.aspx
Part of the “Chichester Liberty” established in 1683 by William Penn, this area originally included Upper and Lower Chichester Townships and Marcus Hook and Trainer Boroughs. The terms “Upper” and “Lower Chichester” were in use as early as 1722. In 1735, ...
100 Garrett Road, Room 203, Upper Darby, PA, USA, 19082
The Swedes are thought to be the original settlers of the area now known as Upper Darby. The Swedish Cabin, thought by many to have been built circa 1654 and located on Creek Road along the Darby Creek, is designated with a Pennsylvania Historical Marker. ...
935 N. Providence Road, Media, PA, USA, 19063
From the Media By-pass that divides Upper Providence Township, passengers see a little beyond the trees that buffer homes from the hum of rushing traffic. The narrow stretch of land between two rushing waters, now called Ridley and Crum Creeks, yielded ...
Church Lane & Baily Road, Yeadon, PA, USA, 19050
Prior to its incorporation from Darby in 1893, the Borough of Yeadon evolved from the original occupation of the Lenni Lanape Native American group to the early colonial settlement of four different governments; first the Dutch, then the Swedes, then the ...
