Township of Chadds Ford
Chadds Ford is a township of 3,700 people on the western outskirts of Philadelphia in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The Chadds Ford community was named after John Chadds, who began operating a ferry there in 1737.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brandywine Museum of Art and Christian C. Sanderson Museum.
Brandywine Museum of Art
Museum
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The Brandywine Museum of Art is a museum of regional and American art located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Brandywine Creek.
Christian C. Sanderson Museum
Museum
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The Christian C. Sanderson Museum, or simply the Sanderson Museum, is a non-profit museum of local historical artifacts in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, located in the Chadds Ford Historic District.
Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site
Heritage site
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The Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site is the only formally recognized cave in the US state of Delaware. It is located in New Castle County near Wilmington and the state line with Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chadds Ford and Beaver Valley.
Chadds Ford
Village
Chadds Ford is a census-designated place in Delaware and Chester counties, Pennsylvania, United States, comprising the unincorporated communities of Chadds Ford and Chadds Ford Knoll.
Beaver Valley
Hamlet
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Beaver Valley straddles the Pennsylvania and Delaware border in Delaware County, PA and New Castle County, DE. An unincorporated place name, it is traversed by several streams which drain to Beaver Run which itself empties into the Brandywine River.
Township of Chadds Ford
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Chadds Ford Township” and “Townhip of Birmingham”
- Location: Delaware County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.866° or 39° 51′ 58″ northLongitude
-75.5698° or 75° 34′ 11″ westElevation
325 feet (99 metres)Open location code
87F6VC8J+C3GeoNames ID
4557089
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