Pughtown 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 ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in ...
, United States. The community is located in
South Coventry Township on
Pennsylvania Route 100
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, just south of
Buckstown. As of
2020
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, the CDP has a population of 849.
Demographics
Education
The community is in the
Owen J. Roberts School District.
Owen J. Roberts High School
Owen J. Roberts High School is a high school in the Owen J. Roberts School District. It is located in Bucktown, in South Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It has a Pottstown postal addre ...
is the zoned comprehensive high school.
Notable people
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Stephen M. Meredith (1802–1874), physician of Pughtown and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Jules Louis Prevost (1863–1937), missionary, linguist, and professor who died in Pughtown
See also
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Townsend House
References
External links
Pughtown, PA Community ProfileMap of Pughtown, PA
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Unincorporated communities in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania