East Brandywine Township is a township in

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. The population was 9,746 at the 2020 census.

History

The Bridge Mill Farm and Marshall's Bridge are listed on the

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Demographics

At the 2010 census, the township was 93.3% non-Hispanic White, 1.4% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and 1.2% were two or more races. 1.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. At the 2000 census there were 5,822 people, 2,003 households, and 1,644 families living in the township. The population density was 511.3 people per square mile (197.4/km). There were 2,035 housing units at an average density of 178.7/sq mi (69.0/km). The

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of the township was 96.62% White, 1.25% African American, 0.10% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52%. There were 2,003 households, 41.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.5% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.9% were non-families. 14.5% of households were made up of individuals, and 3.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.23. The age distribution was 28.9% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males. The median household income was $76,217 and the median family income was $81,886. Males had a median income of $54,327 versus $30,611 for females. The per capita income for the township was $32,178. About 1.0% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the

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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all of it land.

Education

It is within the

Downingtown Area School District The Downingtown Area School District is a school district based in Downingtown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district operates ten elementary schools, three middle schools and three high schools. As of 2018, ...

. Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School is in the township. Most of the township is zoned to Brandywine-Wallace Elementary while parts are zoned to Beaver Creek Elementary School and Springton Manor Elementary School. Residents are zoned to Downingtown Middle School and

Downingtown West High School Downingtown High School is a secondary school located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania. Population growth in the burgeoning Downingtown Area School District forced the original Downingtown High School to split int ...

Delaware County Community College Delaware County Community College (DCCC) is a public community college with campuses and facilities throughout Delaware and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania. DCCC was founded in 1967 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher ...

maintains its Downingtown Campus in the township, on the site of the former

Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School The Downingtown Industrial and Agricultural School (DIAS) was a school for African Americans in Chester County, Pennsylvania Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a county in the Comm ...

Transportation

As of 2020, there were of public roads in East Brandywine Township, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.

U.S. Route 322 U.S. Route 322 (US 322) is a long, east–west United States Highway, traversing Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The road is a spur of U.S. Route 22 and one of the original highways from 1926. A portion of it at one time was concurrent with ...

and

Pennsylvania Route 282 Pennsylvania Route 282 (PA 282) is an state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The route, which is signed east-west, runs from Pennsylvania Route 82, PA 82 in West Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania, West Nantmea ...

are the numbered highways serving East Brandywine Township. US 322 follows a northwest-southeast alignment along Horseshoe Pike through western and southern portions of the township, while PA 282 follows Creek Road along the banks of East Branch Brandywine Creek along the northern and eastern edges of the township.

References

External links

East Brandywine Township
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