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Chester County, Pennsylvania

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18newspaper titles
0digitized titles
328historic places
1809earliest paper
1685formed
534,413pop. 2020
212cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 18 newspaper titles published in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1809. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 328 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 8 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Coatesville, West Whiteland, West Chester.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Chester

Library of Congress
18 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The American RepublicanDownington1809–1811
The American RepublicanWest Chester, Downingtown1813–1833
The American StarRussellville1816–1819
Anti-Masonic RegisterWest Chester1829–1831
Anti-Masonic Examiner, and Chester County RecorderCoatesville1830–1831
Anti-Masonic Examiner and Chester County FarmerCoatesville1831–1831
Anti-Masonic Register, and Chester County ExaminerWest Chester1831–1835
American Republican and Chester County DemocratWest Chester1833–1858
American Spectator, and People's FriendDowningtown1834–1835
American StarWest Chester1839–1841
The American RepublicanWest Chester1858–1876
The AdvertiserPhoenixville1874–1905
American Semi-Weekly RepublicanWest Chester1876–1878
The American RepublicanWest Chester1878–1896
Avondale HeraldAvondale1896–1939
The ArchiveDowningtown1900–1970
The Avon-Grove HeraldAvondale, West Grove1939–1999
Avon Grove SunWest Grove2000–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

200 of 328 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

328 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ashbridge, David, Log HouseWest ChesterBuilding1984
Atkinson, Clement, Memorial HospitalCoatesville CityBuilding2011
AutunWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Bailey, John, FarmCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Baily FarmW. Bradford Twp.Building1985
Bank of Chester CountyWest ChesterBuilding1972
Barclay HouseWest ChesterBuilding2002
Barnard, William J., ResidenceThornburyBuilding1982
Barns-Brinton HouseHamortonBuilding1971
Bartram's Covered BridgeMediaStructure1980
Bell, John, FarmWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Birchrunville General StoreBirchrunvilleBuilding1978
Birchrunville Historic DistrictBirchrunvilleDistrict1992
Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and SchoolBirminghamBuilding1971
Black Rock BridgeMont ClareStructure1988
Boyer, Riter, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1983
Bradford Friends MeetinghouseMarshalltonBuilding1971
Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. RowhousesCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Bridge Mill FarmDowningtownBuilding1983
Bridge in East Fallowfield TownshipMortonvilleStructure1988
Bridge in West Fallowfield TownshipSteelvilleStructure1988
Brinton's MillChadds FordBuilding1971
Brinton, Edward, HouseChadds FordBuilding1973
Brinton, George, HouseChadds FordBuilding1990
Brinton-King FarmsteadPennsburyBuilding2002
BrooklawnWest Marlborough TownshipBuilding2022
Brower's BridgeWarwickStructure1988
Buckwalter BuildingWest ChesterBuilding1984
Bull, Thomas, HouseElversonBuilding1979
Butler HouseWest ChesterBuilding1980
Byers Station Historic DistrictUpper UwchlanDistrict2002
Caln Meeting HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1984
Carter-Worth House and FarmMarshalltonBuilding1977
Carver CourtCain TownshipDistrict2016
Cedarcroft NHLKennett SquareBuilding1971
Chandler Mill BridgeKennettStructure2010
Charlestown Village Historic DistrictPhoenixvilleDistrict1978
Chester County CourthouseWest ChesterBuilding1972
Chester Springs Historic DistrictChester SpringsDistrict1971
Cheyney, Squire, FarmThornburyDistrict2010
Church Farm School Historic DistrictWest WhitelandDistrict1984
Clinger-Moses Mill ComplexChester SpringsBuilding1980
Coates, Moses, Jr., FarmPhoenixvilleBuilding1984
Coatesville Historic DistrictCoatesvilleDistrict1987
Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic DistrictCoatesvilleDistrict2013
Colebrook ManorExtonBuilding1984
Collins MansionWest ChesterBuilding1972
Como FarmW. Bradford Twp.Building1985
Continental Powder Works at French CreekEast Pikeland TownshipSite2015
Cope's BridgeMarshalltonStructure1985
County Bridge No. 101Rock RunStructure1988
County Bridge No. 124DowningtownStructure1988
County Bridge No. 148WesttownStructure1988
County Bridge No. 171MalvernStructure1988
Coventry HallCoventryvilleBuilding1974
Coventryville Historic DistrictPottstownDistrict1978
Cox, Hewson, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
CramondStraffordBuilding1983
Cressbrook FarmValley ForgeBuilding1972
Davis, Daniel, House and BarnBirminghamBuilding1973
DeHaven, Harry, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Deery Family HomesteadPhoenixvilleDistrict1977
Derbydown HomesteadNorthbrookBuilding1973
Dilworthtown Historic DistrictDilworthtownDistrict1973
Doe Run Village Historic DistrictW. Marlborough Twp.District1985
Dougherty, Edward, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Dougherty, Philip, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Dougherty, Philip, TavernCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Downing, Hunt, HouseExtonBuilding1990
Downing, Hunt, House (Boundary Decrease)ExtonBuilding1990
Downingtown Log HouseDowningtownBuilding1979
Drovers InnCoatesvilleBuilding1985
East Bradford Boarding School for BoysLenapeBuilding1973
East Lancaster Avenue Historic DistrictDowningtownDistrict1979
East, Nicholas, HouseValley ForgeBuilding1973
EdgewoodWest ChesterBuilding1973
Elverson Historic DistrictElversonDistrict1993
Embreeville Historic DistrictNewlin Twp.District1985
Ercildoun Historic DistrictCoatesvilleDistrict1985
Esherick, Wharton, Studio NHLMalvernBuilding1973
Everhart, William, BuildingsWest ChesterBuilding1979
Everhart, William, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Exton HotelExtonBuilding1983
Fagley HousePhoenixvilleBuilding1976
Fairville Historic DistrictKennett SquareDistrict1996
Farmers and Mechanics Trust Company BuildingWest ChesterBuilding1983
Federal BarnValley ForgeBuilding1980
Ferguson, William, FarmGlen MooreBuilding1980
Ferron, John, HouseLondonderry TownshipBuilding1985
First Presbyterian Church of West ChesterWest ChesterBuilding1972
Fox Chase InnWest WhitelandBuilding1984
French Creek FarmKimbertonDistrict1988
Fricks Locks Historic DistrictPottstownDistrict2003
Garrett FarmsteadNewtown SquareBuilding2003
Gay Street SchoolPhoenixvilleBuilding1983
General Washington InnDowningtownBuilding1979
Gibson's Covered BridgeDowningtownStructure1980
Gladden, Joseph, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Glen Hope Covered BridgeWest GroveStructure1980
Glen Rose Historic DistrictCoatesvilleDistrict1985
Glenmoore Historic DistrictWallaceDistrict2011
Goodwin AcresWest ChesterBuilding1980
Goshenville Historic DistrictEast GoshenDistrict2000
Great Valley MillPaoliBuilding1983
Green Valley Historic DistrictNewlin & E. Marlborough Twps.District1985
Greenwood FarmWayneBuilding1996
Greenwood SchoolWest WhitelandBuilding1983
Gregg, Joseph, HouseKennett SquareBuilding1994
Grove Historic DistrictDowningtonDistrict1984
Hall's BridgeChester SpringsStructure1973
Hamorton Historic District (Additional Documentation)Kennett SquareDistrict1990
Hamorton Historic District (Boundary Increase)Kennett SquareDistrict2025
Hance House and BarnE. Bradford Twp.Building1985
Hanna, John, FarmCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Hannum, Col. John, HouseMarshalltonBuilding1980
Hare's Hill Road BridgePhoenixvilleStructure1978
Harlan HouseEmbreevilleBuilding1985
Harlan Log HouseKennett SquareBuilding1987
Hartman, George, HousePhoenixvilleBuilding1976
Harvard, David, HouseValley ForgeBuilding1972
Harvey, Peter, House and BarnKennett SquareBuilding1978
Harvey, William, HouseChadds FordBuilding1971
Hatfield-Hibernia Historic DistrictWagontownDistrict1984
Hayes HomesteadNewlin Twp.Building1985
Hayes Mill HouseNewlin Twp.District1985
Hayes, Jacob, HouseNewlin Twp.Building1985
Hibernia HouseWagontownBuilding1975
High BridgeCoatesvilleStructure1976
Hockley Mill FarmGlen MooreBuilding1990
Hoffman, George, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Hoopes, Cyrus, House and BarnW. Marlborough TownshipBuilding1985
Hopewell FarmValleyDistrict2010
Hopewell Historic DistrictHopewellDistrict1991
Hosanna Church and CemeteryUpper Oxford TownshipBuilding2024
House at SpringdellW. Marlborough Twp.Building1985
House at Upper Laurel Iron WorksNewlin Twp.Building1985
Hunt, Roger, MillDowningtownBuilding1980
Huston, Abram, House and Carriage HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1977
Indian Deep FarmNewlin Twp.Building1985
Isabella FurnaceBrandywine ManorDistrict1991
Ivy CottageExtonBuilding2018
Jacobs, Benjamin, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Kennedy BridgeKimbertonStructure1974
Kennedy, Francis W., HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Kennett Square Historic DistrictKennett SquareDistrict1989
Ker-FealWest Pikeland TownshipBuilding2003
Kimberton Historic District (Boundary Increase)KimbertonDistrict1987
Kimberton Village Historic DistrictKimbertonDistrict1976
KinbawnWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Kirkland StationWest WhitelandBuilding1983
Knauer, John, House and MillKnauertownBuilding1985
Lafayette's QuartersValley ForgeBuilding1974
Lahr FarmElversonBuilding1979
Lapp Log HouseChester SpringsBuilding1980
Larkin Covered BridgeDowningtownStructure1980
Lenape BridgeLenapeStructure1988
Lewis, Evan, HouseExtonBuilding1984
Lightfoot Mill NHLChester SpringsBuilding1973
Lincoln UniversityLower Oxford TownshipDistrict2022
Lionville Historic DistrictLionvilleDistrict1980
Lochiel FarmWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Longwood Gardens DistrictHamortonDistrict1972
Lukens Historic District NHLCoatsvilleDistrict1994
Lukens Main Office BuildingCoatesvilleBuilding1976
Lunn's TavernStrickersvilleBuilding1979
Marlborough Village Historic DistrictKennett SquareDistrict1995
Marshall's BridgeLittle WashingtonStructure1988
Marshall, Humphry, HouseMarshalltonBuilding1971
Marshall, Humphry, House NHLMarshalltonBuilding1987
Marshallton Historic DistrictMarshalltonDistrict1986
Marshallton InnMarshalltonBuilding1977
Martin-Little HousePhoenixvilleBuilding1973
Meredith, Daniel, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Meredith, Simon, HousePughtownBuilding1974
Meredith, Stephen, HouseBucktownBuilding1993
Michener, Nathan, HouseBucktownBuilding1976
Middle Pickering Rural Historic DistrictPhoenixvilleDistrict1991
Moore HallPhoenixvilleBuilding1974
Mortonville HotelCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Mount Zion A.M.E. ChurchTredyffrin TownshipBuilding2015
Mountain Meadow FarmNewlin Twp.Building1985
Nantmeal Village Historic DistrictEast Nantmeal TownshipDistrict2014
National Bank of Coatesville BuildingCoatesvilleBuilding1977
New Century ClubhouseWest ChesterBuilding1983
Newlin Miller's HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
North Warwick Historic and Archeological DistrictWarwickDistrict1995
Northbrook Historic DistrictNewlin, Pocopson & W. Bradford Twps.District1985
OakdaleChadds FordBuilding1972
OaklandsWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Okehocking Historic DistrictMediaDistrict1993
Old Kennett MeetinghouseWest ChesterBuilding1974
Orthodox MeetinghouseWest ChesterBuilding1972
Ostheimer, Martha and Maurice, EstateExtonBuilding1996
Oxford Historic DistrictOxford-BoroughDistrict2007
Oxford HotelOxfordBuilding1994
Paoli Battlefield Site and Parade GroundsMalvernSite1997
Paradise Valley Historic DistrictMarshalltonDistrict1992
Parker's FordParkerfordDistrict1983
Parkersville Friends MeetinghouseParkersvilleBuilding1973
Parkesburg National BankParkesburgBuilding1980
Parkesburg SchoolParkesburgBuilding1995
Passmore, Mansel, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Passtown Elementary SchoolValley TownshipBuilding2022
Pawling, Isaac, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Pennock, Martha, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Pennsbury InnChadds FordBuilding1972
Pennypacker, Benjamin, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Pennypacker, Matthias, FarmPhoenixvilleBuilding1977
Peters, William, HouseMendenhallBuilding1971
Phillips, Joseph and Esther, PlantationAtglenBuilding1990
Phoenixville Historic DistrictPhoenixvilleDistrict1987
Phoenixville Historic District (Boundary Decrease)PhoenixvilleDistrict2012
PickwickWest WhitelandBuilding1988
Pierce, Lukens, HouseErcildounBuilding1973
Pleasant Hill PlantationGlen MooreBuilding1983
Pottstown Landing Historic DistrictNorth CoventryDistrict2001
Powell FarmCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Powell, John, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Price, Joseph, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Primitive HallChathamBuilding1975
Prizer's Mill ComplexPhoenixvilleDistrict1978
Pusey, Joshua, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Rapp's BridgeMont ClareStructure1973
Reading Furnace Historic DistrictWarwickDistrict1987
Rice-Pennebecker FarmChester SpringsDistrict1986
River Bend FarmSpring CityBuilding1980
Rogers, Philip, HouseWarwick TownshipBuilding1973
Rooke, Robert, HouseDowningtownBuilding1973
Ross, Moses, HouseDoe Run ValleyBuilding1985
Rothrock, Joseph, HouseWest ChesterBuilding1984
RoughwoodDevonBuilding1984
Rush, Benjamin, HouseKirklandBuilding1984
Sandy Hill TavernHoney BrookBuilding1980
Schuylkill Navigation Canal, Oakes Reach SectionPhoenixvilleDistrict1988
Scott, David, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Scott, Thomas, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Sharples HomesteadWest ChesterBuilding1985
Sharples Separator WorksWest ChesterBuilding1984
Sharpless HomesteadWest ChesterBuilding2011
Ship InnExtonBuilding1984
Sleepy Hollow HallWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Solitude FarmWest WhitelandBuilding1984
South Brook FarmLondon GroveBuilding1991
Speakman No. 1ModenaStructure1980
Speakman No. 2, Mary Ann Pyle BridgeModenaStructure1980
Spring Mill ComplexDevaultBuilding1978
Springdale FarmMendenhallBuilding1973
Springton Manor FarmGlenmooreDistrict1979
Spruce Grove SchoolNewlin Twp.Building1985
St. Mary's Episcopal ChurchElversonBuilding1996
St. Milachi ChurchLondonderry Twp.Building1985
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal ChurchCoatesvilleBuilding2012
St. Paul's ChurchExtonBuilding1984
St. Peter's Church in the Great ValleyPhoenixvilleBuilding1977
St. Peters Village Historic DistrictSt PetersDistrict2003
Steen, Robert, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Stephens, Linton, Covered BridgeNew LondonStructure1980
Stirling, Maj. Gen. Lord, QuartersValley ForgeBuilding1974
Stonorov, Oskar G., HousePhoenixvilleBuilding1975
Strafford Railroad StationStraffordBuilding1984
Strickland-Roberts HomesteadKimbertonBuilding1978
Strode's MillWest ChesterBuilding1971
Strode's Mill Historic DistrictWest ChesterDistrict1989
Sugartown Historic DistrictMalvernDistrict1984
Taylor HouseMarshalltonBuilding1979
Taylor-Cope Historic DistrictMarshalltonDistrict1987
Temple-Webster-Stoner HouseRomansvilleBuilding1973
TerracinaCoatesvilleBuilding1978
Thomas Marble Quarry HousesWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Thomas Mill and Miller's HouseWest WhitelandBuilding2004
Thomas Mill and Miller's HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Thomas, Charles, HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Thompson FarmNew LondonBuilding1983
Townsend HousePughtownBuilding1974
Trimbleville Historic DistrictPocopson & West Bradford Twps.District1985
Twin Bridges Rural Historic DistrictPennsbury TownshipDistrict2017
Unionville Village Historic DistrictUnionvilleDistrict1979
Uwchlan MeetinghouseLionvilleBuilding1973
Valley Forge National Historical Park NHLNorristownDistrict1966
Vaughan, Rev. Joshua, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Vincent Forge MansionSpring CityBuilding1985
Von Steuben, Gen. Frederick, Headquarters NHLValley Forge State ParkBuilding1972
Walker, Joseph, HouseTredyffrin TownshipBuilding1987
Walton, Asa, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Warner TheaterWest ChesterBuilding1979
WarrenpointKnauertownBuilding1975
Warwick Furnace/FarmsKnauertownDistrict1976
Warwick MillsElversonBuilding1974
Waterloo Mills Historic DistrictWaterloo MillsDistrict1995
Waynesborough NHLPaoliBuilding1973
Wee GrimmetWest WhitelandBuilding1984
WelkinweirEast Nantmeal TownshipBuilding2001
Wentz, John, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
West Chester Boarding School for BoysWest ChesterDistrict1990
West Chester Downtown Historic DistrictWest ChesterDistrict1985
West Chester Historic District (Boundary Increase)West ChesterDistrict2005
West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic DistrictWest ChesterDistrict1981
West Vincent Highlands Historic DistrictWest Vincent TownshipDistrict1998
West Whiteland InnExtonBuilding1984
Wetherby-Hampton-Snyder-Wilson-Erdman Log HouseTredyffrinBuilding1973
Wheelen HouseDowningtownBuilding1974
White Horse FarmPhoenixvilleBuilding1987
White Horse Historic DistrictWillistown TownshipDistrict2001
White Horse TavernMalvernBuilding1978
White Horse TavernCoatesvilleBuilding1985
White, Hannah, Log HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Whitford GarneWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Whitford HallWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Whitford Station HouseWest WhitelandBuilding1984
Wickersham, Gideon, FarmsteadKennett SquareBuilding1988
Wiley-Cloud HouseKennett SquareBuilding2012
Wilkinson HousePocopson Twp.Building1985
Williams Deluxe CabinsWest WhitelandBuilding1988
Williams, Ellis, HouseEast GoshenBuilding2004
Williams, John, FarmPhoenixvilleDistrict1978
Wilson, Robert, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Winings, Jacob, House and Clover MillPhoenixvilleBuilding1979
Wisner, Jacob, HouseMalvernBuilding1979
Woodland StationWest WhitelandBuilding1984
WoodledgeWest WhitelandBuilding1988
Worker's House at Lower Laurel Iron WorksNewlin Twp.Building1985
Worth-Jefferis Rural Historic DistrictMarshalltonDistrict1995
Young, Joseph, HouseNewlin Twp.Building1985
Young, Robert, HouseCoatesvilleBuilding1985
Zook HouseW. WhitelandBuilding2000
Zook HouseExtonBuilding1976
Zook House (Boundary Increase)ExtonBuilding1984
Zook, Jacob, HouseExtonBuilding1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Chester was formed in 1685 (1685-04-01) from unknown / original county.

CHESTER created as one of three original counties in Pennsylvania in 1682 but no boundaries were specified. On 1 Apr 1685 CHESTER boundaries defined.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Chester County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

534k281k28k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
27,93732,09344,45157,51574,57883,48195,695115,120135,626159,141210,608316,660433,501534,413

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic SiteNational Historic Site25.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

212 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 212 listed
NameLatLon
African Union Church of Londongrove Cemetery39.85442-75.84067
All Souls Cemetery40.05413-75.81135
Almshouse Cemetery39.9318-75.72559
Anderson Family Burial Ground40.10436-75.49634
Atglen Methodist Cemetery39.94727-75.97458
Auburn Regular Baptist Cemetery39.78603-75.78939
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Farm Grounds39.94472-75.86181
Beth Israel Cemetery40.00513-75.84685
Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery40.17929-75.61033
Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery40.20355-75.75863
Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery39.84256-75.94488
Bible Baptist Cemetery39.98159-75.5693
Birmingham Friends Burial Ground39.90425-75.59305
Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery39.90707-75.59395
Black Rock Cemetery40.14733-75.51688
Bradford Cemetery39.94761-75.67968
Bradford Friends Burial Ground39.94875-75.67988
Brower Cemetery40.20496-75.5985
Brownback United Church of Christ Church Cemetery40.17617-75.6262
Bucktoe Cemetery39.81497-75.72176
Caln Friends Orthodox Burial Ground40.0072-75.76349
Calvary Cemetery39.78693-76.00854
Cambridge Amish Cemetery40.08204-75.93514
Cambridge Friends Meeting Cemetery40.08124-75.93593
Cambridge Meeting Cemetery40.08216-75.93517
Charlestown Presbyterian Graveyard40.10344-75.55723
Charlestown United Methodist Church Cemetery40.09755-75.55559
Chester County Memorial Park39.96049-75.57784
Chestnut Grove Annex Cemetery39.98305-75.61745
Chestnut Grove Cemetery39.96691-75.59363
Christ Community Fellowship Cemetery39.84388-75.82193
Church of Christ Cemetery39.94797-75.84157
Church of the Good Samaritan Cemetery40.04097-75.48925
Coatesville Presbyterian Cemetery39.98299-75.81824
Cochranville Methodist Cemetery39.896-75.92401
Covenant Presbyterian Church Cemetery40.03695-75.55664
Coventry Church of the Brethren Cemetery40.23145-75.651
Coventryville African Union Church Cemetery40.18311-75.68195
Coventryville Methodist Cemetery40.17586-75.6913
Daylesford Abbey Cemetery40.03026-75.48509
Diamond Rock Mennonist Cemetery40.07485-75.49862
Doe Run Friends Cemetery39.88859-75.87249
Doe Run Presbyterian Cemetery39.94878-75.78986
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery40.01389-75.68843
Duffy's Cut Mass Grave40.03353-75.52925
East Brandywine Baptist Church Cemetery40.02613-75.74897
East Coventry Mennonite Cemetery40.22319-75.62124
East Nantmeal Baptist Cemetery40.14064-75.75123
East Vincent Reformed Cemetery40.15587-75.56709
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery39.88878-75.71374
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery40.05466-75.58835
Ebenezer Bible Chapel Cemetery40.15923-75.75197
Elkridge Cemetery39.78352-75.91686
Ellis Woods Cemetery40.20337-75.61989
Elverson Methodist Cemetery40.1558-75.83055
Fahnestock Family Burial Ground40.04116-75.52752
Fairview Cemetery39.97989-75.80753
Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery40.09401-75.75796
Fallowfield Cemetery39.9457-75.83967
Fallowfield Orthodox Friends Burial Ground39.94835-75.84141
Flint Hill Cemetery39.72375-75.81647
Forks of the Brandywine 1822 Cemetery40.06016-75.80686
Forks of the Brandywine Cemetery40.06055-75.81042
Forks of the Brandywine Seceder Cemetery40.05919-75.81622
Frazer Mennonite Church Cemetery40.04259-75.54453
French Creek Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery40.17511-75.71254
Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery39.91528-75.87502
Glen Moore Methodist Cemetery40.08826-75.77291
Glen Run Cemetery39.93566-75.95211
Goodwill United Methodist Cemetery40.12044-75.80266
Goshen Baptist Cemetery39.96789-75.53827
Goshen Friends Burial Ground39.99461-75.5432
Great Valley Baptist Church Cemetery40.06641-75.43244
Great Valley Presbyterian Cemetery40.06318-75.49726
Green Mount Cemetery39.96398-75.587
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery40.00404-75.6329
Harmony Road Cemetery39.82531-75.82516
Haym Salomon Memorial Park40.04851-75.57042
Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery39.9518-75.80951
Hibernia Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery40.02524-75.83411
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Glen Hope39.729-75.90244

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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