Painters Crossing (or Painter's Crossroads) is a historic area of
Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Chadds Ford Township is an affluent township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is located about southwest of Philadelphia. Prior to 1996, Chadds Ford Township was known as Birmingham Township; the name was changed to allow the township to cor ...
, near where
U.S. Route 202
U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware to Maine, also traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massa ...
and
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making i ...
cross. The area is important in connection to the Revolutionary War battle at Brandywine.
According t
US History.org
"Wayne posted a small brigade armed with four cannon, at Painter's Crossroads to cover the troops retreating toward Chester. They kept the main road to Chester open not only for Wayne's retreating men, but Nash's North Carolinians, and the rear guard of Sullivan's troops who were falling back from Dilworth."
The area of Painter's Crossing is named after Samuel Painter, a Quaker who moved to America in 1682 with
William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
and who purchased a large expanse of land in the area along the Brandywine in 1707 from John Piggott. His descendants lived in the land for many generations afterward. Their history is recorded in the book ''Descendants of Samuel Painter 1699–1903'' by Orrin Chalfort Painter.
In the 1930s the
WPA Guide to Pennsylvania stated that it had a population of 37 and an altitude of 437 feet.
[ New York: Oxford University Press, 1940]
A condominium complex a few hundred feet from this intersection carries the official name "Painter's Crossing." This name is a slightly edited version of the more historical name, "Painter's Crossroads."
References
External links
Livingplaces.com*
ttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PIGGOTT/2011-08/1314755956 Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.comTopoquest.com
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Unincorporated communities in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania