Plymouth Township
Plymouth Township was laid out by William Penn on May 5, 1686. The Township is 98 years older than Montgomery County, which was established in 1784.
The total area of Plymouth Township consists of 5,153 acres, or approximately 8.3 square miles. The Township boundaries are almost the same as originally surveyed. A portion was taken from the township when Conshohocken was incorporated as a borough in 1850. A small section in the western end of the township was annexed by Norristown, which became a borough in 1812.
The township was originally settled by members of the "Society of Friends", or Quakers. They sailed from Devonshire, England on the ship "Desire", arriving in Philadelphia on June 23, 1686. The Township takes its name from the settlers' hometown of Plymouth in Devonshire.
What is now Germantown Pike was ordered laid out by the Provincial Government in 1687 as a "cart road" from Philadelphia to Plymouth Meeting. The actual road was not finished until 1804, when it was built at a cost of $11,287. A road from Plymouth Meeting to Gwynedd appears to have been built in 1751. What is now Chemical Road, following Plymouth Creek, was opened in 1759 to provide access to a new grist mill.
The total area of Plymouth Township consists of 5,153 acres, or approximately 8.3 square miles. The Township boundaries are almost the same as originally surveyed. A portion was taken from the township when Conshohocken was incorporated as a borough in 1850. A small section in the western end of the township was annexed by Norristown, which became a borough in 1812.
The township was originally settled by members of the "Society of Friends", or Quakers. They sailed from Devonshire, England on the ship "Desire", arriving in Philadelphia on June 23, 1686. The Township takes its name from the settlers' hometown of Plymouth in Devonshire.
What is now Germantown Pike was ordered laid out by the Provincial Government in 1687 as a "cart road" from Philadelphia to Plymouth Meeting. The actual road was not finished until 1804, when it was built at a cost of $11,287. A road from Plymouth Meeting to Gwynedd appears to have been built in 1751. What is now Chemical Road, following Plymouth Creek, was opened in 1759 to provide access to a new grist mill.
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