Ithan, Pennsylvania
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Ithan (pronounced ''EYE-thun''), formerly known as Radnorville, is a small village and neighborhood located in
Villanova, Pennsylvania Villanova is census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States. A suburb of Philadelphia, the community straddles the border of Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County and Radnor Township in Delaware County. It is located at the cen ...
, west of
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. It is generally considered to include all portions of Villanova approximately a half mile either side of the Blue Route. Ithan is centered on the intersection of Radnor Chester and Conestoga Roads, at the site of the Radnor Friends Meetinghouse. It is located approximately 3/4 mile south of Lancaster Avenue on the Main Line. It encompasses the
Ardrossan Ardrossan (; ) is a town on the North Ayrshire coast in southwestern Scotland. The town has a population of 10,670 and forms part of a conurbation with Saltcoats and Stevenston known as the 'Three Towns#Scotland, Three Towns'. Ardrossan is loca ...
estate and the small community of Banjo Town to the west, and the Agnes Irwin School to the east. The community is located in the center of Radnor Township, southeast of Wayne, and is nearly entirely residential, barring a small business district on the north side of the Meetinghouse. Prior to the 1980s, Ithan was relatively rural and undeveloped. However, increased population growth in the
Delaware Valley The Philadelphia metropolitan area, also known as Greater Philadelphia and informally called the Delaware Valley, the Philadelphia tri-state area, and locally and colloquially Philly–Jersey–Delaware, is a major metropolitan area in the Nor ...
, along with Ithan's location close to the Main Line, has catapulted Ithan into one of the most desirable suburbs of Philadelphia. All of Ithan is part of the
Radnor Township School District Radnor Township School District is a school district that serves Radnor Township, Pennsylvania and has 3 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Due to the affluent demographic of the Main Line that the Radnor Township Sch ...
, and the community is also home to the
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur is a private middle school and high school for girls in the Ithan, Pennsylvania, Ithan neighborhood of Radnor, Pennsylvania. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia; however, Notre Dam ...
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