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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 English, and finally, into the control of the Colonial American government. Yeadon thrived early due to its proximity to Philadelphia markets and the energy that Cobbs Creek and Darby Creek provided for industry. The early Swedes originally knew Cobbs Creek as "ill Kill" or Mill Creek, so named because of the location of a Swedish water mill at B Creek, built by Governor Printz in 1693.

Many of its 17th century settlers were William Penn's land grant recipients. Names such as Blunston, Bonsall, Erickson, and Swanson were all 17th Century landholders in what is now Yeadon Borough.

Proof of early Colonial occupation still exists throughout Yeadon. Bonsall house of 1763, for example, still stands next to Blunston Creek (a tributary of Cobbs Creek) in the northern part of Yeadon. Also important of Yeadon history is the Palmer House. Built in 1774, the Palmer House still stands and is associated with an early northeast section of Yeadon once known as Palmer House was a local safe house for hiding escaped slaves during the 19th Century.