Embreeville
Embreeville is a historical unincorporated community, little more than a rural stretch of road with a few businesses and homes, in Newlin Township, Pennsylvania, United States, on a bend of Brandywine Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Embreeville, PA” and “Embreeville, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Star Gazers’ Stone and Baily Farm.
Star Gazers’ Stone
Monument
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Star Gazers' Stone located on Star Gazers' Farm near Embreeville, Pennsylvania, United States, marks the site of a temporary observatory established in January 1764 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon which they used in their survey of the Mason-Dixon line.
Baily Farm
House
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Baily Farm is a historic home and barn located in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1795, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed stone dwelling in a vernacular Federal style. Baily Farm is situated 2 miles northeast of Embreeville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mortonville and Willowdale.
Mortonville
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Mortonville is an unincorporated area and historic hamlet in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated on the eastern bank of the West Branch Brandywine Creek. Mortonville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Embreeville.
Willowdale
Hamlet
Willowdale is an unincorporated community that is located in East Marlborough Township, in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named after a grove of Willow trees that grew in the general area when the community was originally settled. Willowdale is situated 4 miles south of Embreeville.
Hephzibah
Hamlet
Hephzibah is a populated place situated in East Fallowfield Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 518 feet above sea level. Hephzibah is situated 4 miles west of Embreeville.
Embreeville
Latitude
39.93011° or 39° 55′ 48″ northLongitude
-75.73439° or 75° 44′ 4″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
87F6W7J8+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 158628919OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Embreeville” goes by many names.
- French: “Brandywine Creek”
- Irish: “Embreeville”
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