Chester County Prison

Chester County Prison is a public building in Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Chester County Prison is situated nearby to the hamlet Lenape, as well as near the village Pocopson.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lenape Bridge and Worth–Jefferis Rural Historic District.

Lenape Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Lenape Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located in Birmingham Township and Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It has a seven spans, each 44-foot-long, with a total length of 308-foot. Lenape Bridge is situated 1½ miles east of Chester County Prison.

Worth–Jefferis Rural Historic District

Protected area

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

The Worth–Jefferis Rural Historic District is a national historic district that is located in East Bradford Township and West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Worth–Jefferis Rural Historic District is situated 2½ miles north of Chester County Prison.

Jefferis Ford

Bridge

Jefferis Ford is a river-crossing of the Brandywine located in Chester County, Pennsylvania which was significant in the American Revolutionary War. In the march of British troops leading up to the Battle of the Brandywine General William Howe crossed here as well as at Trimble's Ford in a surprise maneuver in an attack on George Washington's troops to the south. Jefferis Ford is situated 2½ miles northeast of Chester County Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenape and Pocopson.

Lenape

Hamlet

Lenape is an unincorporated community in Pocopson Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lenape is centered on the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 52 and Pocopson Road, west of the Brandywine Creek. Lenape is situated 1½ miles east of Chester County Prison.

Pocopson

Village

Pocopson is an unincorporated community in Pocopson Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Pocopson is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 926 and Pocopson Road. Pocopson is situated 2 miles east of Chester County Prison.

Longwood

Hamlet

Longwood Gardens is a public garden that consists of more than 1,100 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in the Brandywine Creek Valley in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. Longwood is situated 3 miles south of Chester County Prison.

Chester County Prison

Type: Public building
Address: PA
Categories: building and government building
Location: Pocopson Township, Chester County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.90816° or 39° 54′ 29″ north

Longitude

-75.66022° or 75° 39′ 37″ west

Elevation

331 feet (101 metres)

Open location code

87F6W85Q+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367967083

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

GeoNames ID

4557134

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