3226 Main Street, Morgantown, PA, USA, 19543
Caernarvon is a Welsh word, based on Caer Yr Arfon - "Fort (Caer) on the River (Arfon)." As with so many places between Philadelphia and Lancaster, the area was first settled by the hardy Welsh. To them, the rolling hills and flowing streams reminded them ...
2147 Main Street, Churchtown, PA, USA, 17555
Link to Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
253 Municipal Drive, Thorndale, PA, USA, 19372
Nearly 75 years before the Declaration of Independence was conceived, settlers from Calne, England were declaring their own independence in the heart of what is today Chester County, Pennsylvania. Their settlement was "namesaked" Caln, one of the original ...
Civil Connection e-newsletter, CE News magazine, and CENews.com are specifically dedicated to serving the information needs of civil engineering professionals and firms, as well as county, state, and federal managers and engineers. Readers turn to this su ...
#10 Ring Road, Chadds Ford, PA, USA, 19317
Chadds Ford Township Population: 3370 (2005) Area: 8.84 square miles Elevation: 160 to 480 feet above sea level Chadds Ford is 95% residential and 5% businesses Barakat, Joe - Township Manager - Roadmaster/Emergency Management Coordinator 610 388-8 ...
4030 Whitehorse Road, Devault, PA, USA, 19432
At age 38 in 1682, William Penn arrived in the New World with high ideals and well thought-out ideas on what he planned to do with the 45,000 square miles granted to him by Charles II (in lieu of a debt owed his deceased father). In the countryside he set ...
1 Fourth Street, Chester, PA, USA, 19013
Settled in 1644, nestled on the edge of the state's southeastern region, Chester is a prime location for businesses that value direct access to the Greater Philadelphia region. Just minutes from the Philadelphia International Airport, Chester is a regiona ...
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The mission of the Chester County Conservation District is to provide leadership in addressing natural resource conservation issues by promoting the sustainable use of those resources to the citizens of Chester County through education and technical assis ...
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Link to the Chester County Health Department from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
2 N. High Street, West Chester, PA, USA, 19380
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Chester County Government is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania (approximately thirty miles west of Philadelphia) and is administered by a three-person Board of Commissioners, who are elected for four-year terms. The Board manages a large and div ...
121 North Walnut Street, Suite 100, West Chester, PA, USA, 19380
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The Office of the Recorder of Deeds is the repository for documents primarily relating to real estate located in Chester County Pennsylvania.
222 Llewelyn Road, Chester Heights, PA, USA, 19017
The History of Chester Heights predates grants of William Penn., when the Swedes had penetrated some distance inland from the Delaware River and had found the rich soil very conducive to productive farming. To a remarkable extent, the area had continued t ...
1 City Hall Place, Coatesville, PA, USA, 19320
Coatesville's location along the Brandywine River in the midst of the Chester Valley stimulated its growth and prosperity. The first settlement was an Indian village which had grown as a trading center and as a marker for the fur trapping industry. Record ...
815 Washington Street, Reading, PA, USA, 19601
In 1733, the site of present day Reading was chosen. It was set at the intersection of two great valleys, the east Penn-Lebanon Valley and the Schuylkill river. This site was known as Finney's Ford until 1743 when Thomas Lawrence, a Penn Land agent, made ...
765 W. Philadelphia Avenue, Boyertown, PA, USA, 19512
No diaries, journals or letters from our initial settlers survive and it may be safely assumed at this late date that none exist. Until the availability of documents of the first industrialization of the iron industry, beginning in 1716 to 1720, the only ...
1803 Kirkwood Pike, Kirkwood, PA, USA, 17536
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/colerain/site/default.asp
Based on information gathered from the History of Southern Lancaster County, compiled by the Solanco Heritage Volunteers, and from Our Present Past, prepared by the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, Colerain Township was organized as a town ...
491 East Main Street, Collegeville, PA, USA, 19426
The history of the Borough cannot be separated from the history of the region. To provide a perspective, however, here is an overview of some of the events that molded present day Collegeville. 1684 "All the land lying on the Pahkehoma" is purchased by ...
308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, USA, 17512
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/columbia/site/default.asp
The history of Columbia Borough can be traced back to pre-historic times when Indians occupied the land area known today as Columbia. The first European settlers in the area arrived in 1726. The families of three men, John Wright, Robert Barber and Samu ...
221 Spruce Street, Colwyn, PA, USA, 19023
Colwyn Borough is located in the Southern end of Delaware County Pennsylvania. Although Colwyn is a small community we are self sufficient with our own Police and Fire Company in addition to our very own newly renovated Colwyn Elementary School. Colwyn is ...
43 Thornton Road, Glen Mills, PA, USA, 19342
Founded June 27, 1683 Area: 13.78 sq. miles Population (1990): 7,261 Population (2000): 11,239
1 West First Avenue, Suite 200, Conshohocken, PA, USA, 19428
On May 15th, 1850, Conshohocken became the third incorporated borough in the county, after Norristown and Pottstown. The land for this new borough was taken in equal amounts from Plymouth and Whitemarsh Townships. The borough developed into a large indust ...
1775 Welsh Road, Mohnton, PA, USA, 19540
When Cumru Township was first founded in 1737, it included Spring Township and the boroughs of Kenhorst, Mohnton, and Shillington and some areas that were incorporated into Reading. Hugh Jones bought one thousand acres of land in Cumru Township in 1732 an ...
