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West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
West Bradford Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,376 at the 2010 census. History There are three federal historic districts ( Marshallton, Trimbleville, and Northbrook) on the National Register of Historic Places located within West Bradford Township. Also listed are the Baily Farm, Bradford Friends Meetinghouse, Como Farm, Derbydown Homestead, Humphry Marshall House, Marshallton Inn, and Temple-Webster-Stoner House. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.6 square miles (48.2 km), of which, 18.6 square miles (48.1 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km) is water. The total area is 0.32% water. Adjacent municipalities * Caln Township (north) * Downingtown (north) * East Caln Township (north) * East Bradford Township (east) * Newlin Township (south) * Pocopson Township (south) * East Fallowfield Township (west) Major roadways * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (Pennsylvania)
Under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a township is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town has been incorporated into a township which serves as the legal entity providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History The creation of townships within Pennsylvania dates to the seventeenth century and the colonial period. Much of the province of Pennsylvania was occupied by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Como Farm
Como Farm is a small settlement in Kenya's Central Province. See also * Ruiru Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru is the 6th largest urban center in Kenya by population.http://housingfinanc ... * Gichuru References Populated places in Central Province (Kenya) {{CentralKE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strasburg Road
Strasburg Road was an early road in Pennsylvania connecting Philadelphia to Strasburg in Lancaster County. The route was surveyed by John Sellers and others in 1772-3 under the colonial administration of Governor Richard Penn and completed under the new administration of the independent state of Pennsylvania., p.719 The route started at the "second ferry" on the Schuylkill River, today's Market Street in Philadelphia, and went through West Chester, East Fallowfield Township, and Gap, before ending in Strasburg. Earlier roads travelled much the same route, including a Native American path in use as early as 1620. Earlier routes A road following much of the same route had existed at least since the 1750s, but the area around the road only began to develop as the state constructed, or re-constructed, the road in the 1790s. The use of wagons on this road began as early as 1714 as it developed out of the earlier '' Great Minquas Path''. Wagons on this road were the first to be c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
East Fallowfield Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7626 at the 2020 census. History East Fallowfield is said to be named for Lancelot Fallowfield, one of the first purchasers of land from William Penn. The Nelson P. Boyer Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and delisted in 1991 after demolition. The John Bailey Farm, Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses, Bridge in East Fallowfield Township, Harry DeHaven House, Edward Dougherty House, Philip Dougherty House, Philip Dougherty Tavern, Drovers Inn, Ercildoun Historic District, Joseph Gladden House, Glen Rose Historic District, John Hanna Farm, Mortonville Hotel, Mansel Passmore House, Isaac Pawling House, Martha Pennock House, Lukens Pierce House, Powell Farm, John Powell House, Joshua Pusey House, David Scott House, Thomas Scott House, Speakman No. 1, Speakman No. 2, Mary Ann Pyle Bridge, Robert Steen House, Rev. Josh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania
Pocopson Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,582 at the 2010 census. History There are indications that Pocopson Township was once named Kennet Township (not to be confused with Kennett Township), with the change happening before 1900. The Northbrook Historic District, Trimbleville Historic District, Lenape Bridge, and Wilkinson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.43%, is water. Demographics At the 2010 census, the township was 81.6% non-Hispanic White, 8.4% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 4.3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and 1.6% were two or more races. 4.4% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. At the 2000 census there were 3,350 people in 859 households, including 716 families, in the township. The population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newlin Township, Pennsylvania
Newlin Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,285 at the 2010 census. Newlin Township was the hometown of explorer Josiah Harlan and Lenape healer Hannah Freeman. William Baldwin, the botanist, was born there on the 29th of March 1779. History The township was named for Nicholas Newlin (1630–1699), who received a deed from William Penn. In 1704, his son Nathaniel (1663–1729) and his wife Mary built a water-powered gristmill along the West Branch of Chester Creek. The Newlin Grist Mill is located in Glen Mills, now in Delaware County. The Embreeville Historic District, Green Valley Historic District, Harlan House, Hayes Homestead, Hayes Mill House, Jacob Hayes House, House at Upper Laurel Iron Works, Indian Deep Farm, Marlborough Village Historic District, Mountain Meadow Farm, Northbrook Historic District, Spruce Grove School, and Joseph Young House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bradford Township, Pennsylvania
East Bradford Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,308 at the 2020 census. History The Cope's Bridge, Gibson's Covered Bridge, Worth-Jefferis Rural Historic District, Carter-Worth House and Farm, East Bradford Boarding School for Boys, Hance House and Barn, Col. John Hannum House, Paradise Valley Historic District, Strode's Mill, Strode's Mill Historic District, Taylor-Cope Historic District and Taylor House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and 0.07% is water. Adjacent townships * East Caln Township (north) * West Whiteland Township (northeast) *West Goshen Township (east) * Westtown Township (southeast) * Birmingham Township (south) * Pocopson Township (southwest) * West Bradford Township (west) West Chester, the county seat, is on the east side, between East Bradford and West Goshe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Caln Township, Pennsylvania
East Caln Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,380 at the 2020 census. The township wraps around the east half of Downingtown and is mostly indistinguishable from it. East Caln Township is very developed, containing several shopping centers, including the regionally important Brandywine Square Center, several recently constructed housing developments varying from condominiums to large single family homes, and some industry in the southern fringe of the township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.63%, is water. Adjacent townships *Caln Township (northwestern boundary) * East Brandywine Township (north) * Uwchlan Township (northwest) * West Whiteland Township (east) * East Bradford Township (southwest) * West Bradford Township (south) East Caln Township surrounds the borough of Downingtown on the north, east, and south sides. Demographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Downingtown is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,898. Downingtown was settled by European colonists in the early 18th century and has a number of historic buildings and structures. History The town was originally named Milltown due to its number of mills along the East Branch Brandywine Creek, the first of which was founded by Daniel Butter. The Butter family also had paper mills in the area, and Frederick Bicking from Winterburg, Germany, was the patriarch of the Bicking paper families. Around the time of the American Revolution, Milltown became more commonly known as Downingtown after the prominent businessman Thomas Downing, a Quaker immigrant in 1717 from Bradninch, Devon, England, who owned a number of those mills. The town was officially named Downingtown in 1812. The town is located along the Lincoln Highway (now part of U.S. Route 30) which runs from the East Coast to the West Coast. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caln Township, Pennsylvania
Caln Township () is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,428 at the 2020 census. The township was founded by settlers from Calne, Wiltshire in England in 1714. The relationship with Calne, Wiltshire, continues today as the two towns are sister cities. Caln is a Township of the First Class. The governing body is a Board of Commissioners. The Board President is President Paul Mullin, Vice President Jane Kennedy, Board Members Joshua Young, Lorraine Tindaro and Mark Evans. The Township Manager is Kristen Denne. The township also owns Ingleside Golf Club and over of green space and parks. There are 53 employees, including 20 police officers, that work for Caln Township. Thorndale, a commercial center within the township, has a SEPTA train station that provides rail service to Philadelphia. U.S. Route 30 is a major arterial roadway through Caln Township. Atop of a hill overlooking Coatesville and located in Caln, the historic Coatesville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and its director is appointed by the President of the United States. The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the U.S. House of Representatives to the states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over $675 billion in federal funds every year and it assists states, local communities, and businesses make informed decisions. The information provided by the census informs decisions on where to build and maintain schools, hospitals, transportation infrastructure, and police and fire departments. In addition to the decennial census, the Census Bureau continually conducts over 130 surveys and programs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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