Lenape is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Pocopson Township in
Chester County Chester County may refer to:
* Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
** Chester County Council, boy scout council in Pennsylvania.
* Chester County, South Carolina, United States
* Chester County, Tennessee, United States
* Cheshire
...
,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
, United States. Lenape is centered on the intersection of
Pennsylvania Route 52
Pennsylvania Route 52 (PA 52) is a state highway located in southeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Pennsylvania-Delaware state line near Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, where the road continues as Del ...
and Pocopson Road, west of the
Brandywine Creek.
History
A post office called Lenape was established in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1923. The community was named after the
Lenape
The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historica ...
Indians.
References
{{authority control
Unincorporated communities in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania