Delaware Township was a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

that was located in

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, United States. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the

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following the passage of the

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History

A township formed out of eastern Lower Dublin Township in 1853. Its inhabitants voted at one general election. Its officers were superseded in the next year by consolidation.

Notable people

Thomas Holme Thomas Holme (1624–1695) was the first surveyor general of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania. He laid out the first and original plan for the city of Philadelphia. Holme was a member of the Valiant Sixty, a group of early leaders and ...

, the first surveyor of the colonial-era

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who developed the first designs for the city of

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Resources

''Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683-1854''
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