Concordville is an

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in Concord Township, Delaware County,

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, United States. It is located 20 miles west-southwest of

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, at the junction of U.S. Routes 1 and

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. This intersection can be traced back to two of the earliest roads in Pennsylvania,

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which became U.S. 1, and Concord Pike, which connected Pennsylvania with Delaware. The first European settlement in the area occurred about 1700, after

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bought land from

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. Two Friends Meetinghouses (formerly Orthodox and

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) are located in the village. The Orthodox meetinghouse was built in the first half of the nineteenth century, while the Hicksites retained the original meetinghouse (built 1728, reconstructed and expanded 1788). The two factions have since merged and now meet in the original meetinghouse. Part of the village was added to the National Register in 1973.

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, a juvenile residential facility, is near Concordville."A Place for Hard Foster Care Cases." (Opinion) ''

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Notable people

* Weldon Brinton Heyburn (Pennsylvania politician) *

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* Sarah Stilwell Weber

External links

Concord Township Historical Commission
Concord Township website
Concordville Area Map
Local Concordville area street map

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