Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Chadds Ford highlighted.svg Location in Delaware County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Chadds Ford Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of the center of Philadelphia.
Prior to 1996, Chadds Ford Township was known as Birmingham Township; the name was changed to allow the township to correspond to both its census-designated place and to distinguish itself from the adjoining Birmingham Township in Chester County. As of the 2010 census, Chadds Ford Township had a populace of 3,640, up from 3,170 at the 2000 census.
Chadds Ford was home to N.C.
The Brandywine Battlefield (site of the Battle of Brandywine) is positioned in the township, along with the Brandywine River Museum, which homes much of the Wyeth collection.
Senator from Idaho, was born in Chadds Ford.
The township is the westernmost in Delaware County and is bordered to the west by Chester County and to the south by the state of Delaware.
Brandywine Creek forms the boundary of the township (and of Delaware County).
Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) runs through the northern part of the township and intersects U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the township has a total region of 8.7 square miles (22.6 km2), of which 8.6 square miles (22.4 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.70%, is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Chadds Ford Township has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,170 citizens , 1,314 homeholds, and 910 families residing in the township.
In the township the populace was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 33.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years or older.
The median income for a homehold in the township was $84,100, and the median income for a family was $100,795.
Chadds Ford Historic District "Chadds Ford Township - History".
Chadds Ford Township.
After many years of confusion over distinguishing its identity from Birmingham, Chester County, a number of inhabitants of Birmingham, Delaware County, requested the board of supervisors to pass a resolution seeking a change of name from Birmingham Township to Chadds Ford Township.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chadds Ford township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania".
Climate Summary for Editing Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania Chadds Ford Township official website Chadds Ford History Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Aston Bethel Chadds Ford Chester Concord Darby Edgmont Haverford Lower Chichester Marple Middletown Nether Providence Newtown Radnor Ridley Springfield Thornbury Tinicum Upper Chichester Upper Darby Upper Providence
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