Maidencreek Township was established in December of 1746 and
was named after the creek that runs diagonally through the township.
Quakers originally settled the area in 1732 and lived peacefully
among the Lenni Lenape Indians. Around 1800, the Quake ...
Englishman, Quaker and explorer, William Penn established Chester County in 1682 as one of the first three counties in Pennsylvania along with Bucks and Delaware counties. West Chester, Chester County’s county seat, was originally named “Turk’s Head” and ...
Founded in 1762, the town of Manheim rightfully belongs in that select list of Pennsylvania towns which antedate the Revolutionary War. Of additional interest historically is the fact that the land on which the town was laid out has a close connection wit ...
In 1917, the Rowe Motor Manufacturing Company built a plant on Fountain Avenue to manufacture trucks. This and other automotive businesses sparked hope that Lancaster would become the Detroit of the East. Unfortunately, Rowe Motor Manufacturing folded in ...
Manor Township takes its name from the Manor of Conestoga, which was originally surveyed and reserved for William Penn in 1719. There is evidence that William Penn visited this area prior to 1690. At this time the area was Native American territory. The S ...
The Marcus Hook area of the Delaware River waterfront has attracted settlement since the movement of the Lenni Lenape into this region. Reputedly, the town derives its name from an early Finnish settler who resided in a Swedish trading outpost and coloni ...
Long before Marlborough Township’s formal inception in 1741, Native Americans lived here in a highly developed and complex society. Remarkably, archeological studies of rock shelter sites along the Unami Creek have placed the evidence from our earliest re ...
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Martic Township was organized as a Township in 1729. It borders Conestoga, Providence, Pequea and Drumore Townships. Our Township Municipal Building is located at 370 Steinman Farm Road, Pequea, in the town of Mt. Nebo.
A petition was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County on September 6, 1742, praying for the erection of a new township out of a part of said county. George Boone, Esq., a draft of which was attached to the petition; and William ...
In 1681, after receiving the colony of Pennsylvania from England's King Charles II, William Penn began selling parcels of the land in the form of a "Lease and Release." One such buyer was Thomas Minshall, who in 1682 emigrated from England and settled on ...
Originally established in 1686, Middletown adopted a Home Rule Charter system of government in 1978. The Township is governed by the Council-Manager system, a representative form of government in which the
Middletown Township Administrative Building ...
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Located on the banks of the West Branch of the Brandywine river, Modena lays just south of the City of Coatesville, surrounded by beautiful scenic Pennsylvania and yet within a short distance of service oriented local businesses and major roadways, quickl ...
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1250 Wright's Lane
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: (610) 918-9002
Fax: (610) 918-9003
312 W. State Street, Suite B
Kennett, PA 19348
Phone: (610) 444-3838
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