Edgmont Township
The first record of Edgmont Township dates from 1686 when Joseph Baker was listed as Constable for Gilead, the original name for Edgmont and a portion of Thornbury Township. The name Edgmont was adopted...
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Haverford Township
Haverford township was first settled by Welsh Quakers who purchased the land from William Penn in 1681.The name Haverford is derived from the name of the town of Haverford-West, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Township...
Lower Chichester Township
First Settled in 1679, Chichester was named for the city of the same name in Sussex, England. It became a township in 1682. Township Office 1410 Market St, Linwood, PA 19061 610-485-1472 https://lowerchitwp.com/township/
Marple Township
The township was founded in 1684. Township Office 227 S. Sproul Rd., Broomall, PA 19008 610-356-4040 http://www.marpletwp.com/
Middletown Township
First settled in 1681, the township was named for its position in the center of what was then, Chester County (prior to the creation of Delaware county in 1789). The township was founded in...
Nether Providence Township
Founded in 1687, the township was named for the safe deliverance its early settlers felt on their arrival. Township Office 214 Sykes Lane, Wallingford, PA 19086 610-566-4516 http://www.netherprovidence.org/
Newtown Township
Founded in 1684, early purchasers of land in the township were entitled to a portion of the newly laid-out town in its center, and hence the name of the township. Township Office 209 Bishop...
Radnor Township
Founded in 1684, Radnor Township was named after Radnorshire in Wales, the origination of many of the early settlers. Township Office 301 Iven Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087 610-688-5500 http://www.radnor.com/
Ridley Township
John Simcock, first settler of the area, named it for his hometown of Ridley in Cheshire, England when the township was founded in 1682 Township Office 100 E. MacDade Blvd., Folsom, PA 19033 610-534-4800...
Springfield Township
First settled in 1682 by Robert Taylor, the township’s name was suggested by Thomas Pearson’s striking a spring in the first field he cultivated. Township Office 50 Powell Rd., Springfield, PA 19064 610-544-1300 http://www.springfielddelco.org/