Ridley Park is a borough in
Delaware County,
Pennsylvania
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. The population was 7,002 at the 2010 census. Ridley Park is the home of
The Boeing Company
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's
CH-47 Chinook helicopter division.
History
Native American
The
Lenape
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inhabited the
Delaware River
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region several centuries before the arrival of European explorers and traders. The
Okehocking Tribe of the
Lenni Lenape
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Nation established small permanent villages along the river and its main tributaries. Land adjacent to Stoney Creek in
Ridley Township has been identified as a
Native American town site. Historians also believe that additional villages may have existed at other locations along Stoney Creek and Crum Creek in Ridley Park.
Native Americans significantly influenced the built environment through their network of paths laid out for travel and communication purposes. Their footpaths through the densely forested countryside grew into the first roads of the area. Chester Pike is believed to have developed from a footpath created by the Lenni Lenape as their main thoroughfare in the area.
Colonial
The borough is named after a place in
Cheshire
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, England.
John Morton, signer of the
American Declaration of Independence
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, was born and raised in a log cabin adjacent to East Ridley Avenue. He later replaced the cabin with a brick house and began farming in the Ridley Park area.
[Historic structures report: Joseph Pratt Farmhouse, Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, Ridley Creek State Park, Edgemont Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania ... the Bishop's Mill Historical Institute, Inc)] Chester Pike, originally a footpath, was realigned and widened by
William Penn
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. Known then as the “Queens Highway,” it was one of the region's first roads stretching from Chester to Darby, and by 1715, it reached Philadelphia. General
George Washington
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led his troops down this earthen road to Wilmington and eventually to
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to confront the British in 1777. In 1799, the “Queens Highway” was improved as a plank road, and tolls were levied. The population of the area continued to increase after the
American Revolutionary War
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. Consequently, a private elementary
subscription school
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was founded in 1800 on a site at Chester Pike and Myrtle Avenue. This was one of the first schools in Delaware County.
[Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware 1630-1707 (edited by Albert Cook Myers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1912)]
Railroad suburb
Ridley Park was founded by
Isaac Hinckley Isaac Hinckley (1815-1888) was a president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the founder of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.
Hinckley was born on Oct. 28, 1815, in Hingham, Massachusetts, a son of Isaac Hinckley (1793-1818), who ...
in 1871. He was the President of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B) was an American railroad that operated independently from 1836 to 1881.
It was formed in 1836 by the merger of four state-chartered railroads in three Middle Atlantic states to create a ...
.
[The history of Ridley Park by Keith Lockhart Published in 1987, K. Lockhart (Ridley Park, Pa.)] He wanted to expand the company's rail line to gain more business in the same way the
Pennsylvania Railroad
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had earlier created a
Main Line
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from
30th Street Station in Philadelphia to
Paoli. The Pennsylvania Railroad bought up farmland and developed towns all along its rail line. City dwellers, seeking relief from the urban crowds with their potential to spread
malaria
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, a disease that was a major health concern at the time, quickly purchased the new homes being built.
Seeing the success of this, Hinckley came up with the idea of putting in a rail line that would pass through
Darby and continue all the way to the semi-rural city of
Chester
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in what became known as the
Darby Improvement Hinckley's plans met with initial resistance from farmers, and at the end of the first year, he had managed to buy only one farm. Undaunted, he traveled further south on
Chester Pike
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to the area now known as Ridley Park.
In an effort to avoid his previous bad experience, in May 1871, Hinckley formed an association to acquire the land. Hinckley hired
Robert Morris Copeland
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, a noted Boston landscape architect, to develop a master plan for a suburban park community which became known as the Borough of Ridley Park. Copeland's design is Delaware County's first
planned community
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.
Because of its beautifully landscaped streets and parks, and its man-made lake, Ridley Park became popular in the late 19th century and early part of the 20th century as a summer resort for wealthy Philadelphians who built most of the
Victorian style homes still lived in today.
Between January and May 1870, many farms were purchased. The streets in the new development were named after the families who sold their farmland. Names such as Burk, Dutton, Free, Henderson, Stewart and Ward, are still used today. The first train of passengers-cars stopped at Ridley Park on October 19, 1872. By that time, the town had a hotel, and a dam had been built across
Crum Creek
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, creating a lake. By 1880, the U.S. census return recorded the population of Ridley Park as 439. The railroad was, and continues today to be an integral part of the town.
Geography
Ridley Park is located at (39.879631, -75.325482).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.93% is water. It has a
humid subtropical climate
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(''Cfa'') and average monthly temperatures range from 33.4 °F in January to 78.2 °F in July
The
hardiness zone
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is 7a bordering upon 7b
Demographics
As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 95.3%
White (U.S. Census), White, 2.0%
African American
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, 0.1%
Native American, 1.2%
Asian
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, 0.3% from
other races
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, and 1.1% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 1.4% of the populatio
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 7,196 people, 3,015 households, and 1,890 families residing in the borough. The
population density
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was 6,749.6 people per square mile (2,596.6/km
2). There were 3,167 housing units at an average density of 2,970.5 per square mile (1,142.8/km
2). The racial makeup of the borough was 92.91%
White (U.S. Census), White, 4.64%
African American
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, 0.01%
Native American, 1.47%
Asian
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, 0.03%
Pacific Islander
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, 0.21% from
other races
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, and 0.72% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 0.50% of the population.
There were 3,015 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were
married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the borough, the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $50,065, and the median income for a family was $62,378. Males had a median income of $43,201 versus $31,824 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the borough was $23,806. About 2.9% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 2.3% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
Transportation
Ridley Park station is a SEPTA train station on the
Wilmington/Newark Line
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.
Chester Pike
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(
U.S. Route 13
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), leads northeast through the borough to the center of
Philadelphia
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and southwest to
Chester
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.
Interstate 95
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also briefly passes through the borough, exit 8 serving Ridley Park directly.
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
The borough is served by the
Ridley School District
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. It consists of
Ridley Township, and the boroughs of Ridley Park and
Eddystone. The district has one
high school
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, one
middle school
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, and seven
elementary schools
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. At all levels, the schools use the Green Raiders as their
mascot
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. While originally the Raiders referred to
Native Americans from the
Lenni Lenape Nation, the district has ceased use of most material relating to the tribe. Ridley High School is home to the
WRSD
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radio station
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.
Parochial schools
The St. James Regional, formerly St. Madeline-St. Rose School, serves grades 1st through 8. Originally, these were two separate parishes but in 1993, with declining enrollments, the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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consolidated the St. Madeline Parish in Ridley Park, and the St. Rose of Lima Parish in nearby Eddystone. The Archdiocese had an area wide consolidation of schools due to declining enrollment. The school is now called St. James Regional School after combining with St. Gabriel's in
Norwood in 2012. The name originated from the former
St. James High School for Boys in
Chester
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. The St. James High alumni association suggested the name, and the new school asked to use not only the name but also the mascot and colors. When it opened it had 402 students, with around 201 being from St. Gabriel.
Cardinal O'Hara High School
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, serving grades 9 through 12, is a coeducational school located in
Springfield, and serves the Ridley Park, Chester, Swarthmore, and Springfield area.
Religion
The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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operates Catholic churches. St. Madeline Church, established in 1908, is in Ridley Park. The number of parishioners decreased by 20% from 2008 to 2012, with 4,720 congregants in the latter year.
In popular culture
The 2012 movie ''
Silver Linings Playbook
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'' takes place in and around Ridley Park, which is credited at the end of the film. While the community is not specifically mentioned in the script, a police officer can be seen wearing the initials "RPPD" on his collar.
Notable people
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Henry W. Buse Jr.
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, Lieutenant general in the Marine Corps
*
Joseph Dorsey, Pennsylvania State Representative for the 162nd district (1967-1974)
*
Joseph T. Doyle
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, Pennsylvania State Representative for the 163rd district (1971-1978)
*
Bill Foster, former Duke University basketball coach
*
Joe Frantz
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, filmmaker, director, producer, cinematographer, author, orator and member of
Bam Margera
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's CKY Crew
*
Jim Goad, author
*
Walter Francis Layer
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, Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County (1947-1948), U.S. Marine colonel
*
John Mecray
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Formative Years
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, marine artist
*
Scott Douglas Miller
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Early life
Born in 1959, Miller is a native of Ridley Par ...
, President of
Virginia Wesleyan University
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, former president of
Bethany College,
Wesley College, and
Lincoln Memorial University
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*
Brett Moyer
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, professional lacrosse player
*
Bob Rigby
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, former professional
soccer
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player, former member of
United States men's national soccer team
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*
Matthew J. Ryan
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,
Pennsylvania
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politician; namesake of the state's Capitol Annex and
University of Pennsylvania
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veterinary hospital
*
Gerald J. Spitz, Pennsylvania State Representative for the 162nd district (1977-1984)
*
Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani (born February 1, 1961) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. He was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, but considers Lombard, Illinois, to be his hometown.
With Peggy Whitson, Tani conducted the 100th spacewalk on ...
,
NASA
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astronaut
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who worked on the
International Space Station
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References
External links
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Ridley Park at DelawareCountyPA.com
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