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.- Type: Town with 3,640 residents
- Description: township of Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Birmingham Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania”, “Chad’s Ford”, “Chadd Ford”, “Chadds Ford Township”, “Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania”, “Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania”, “Chaddsford”, and “Chads Ford”
- Postal code: 19317
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.
Barns-Brinton House
Museum
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The Barns-Brinton House is an historic brick house located between Hamorton and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chadds Ford and Pocopson.
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.
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 2½ miles northwest of Chadds Ford.
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. Beaver Valley is situated 2½ miles southeast of Chadds Ford.
Chadds Ford
- Categories: township of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Delaware County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.872° or 39° 52′ 19″ northLongitude
-75.5914° or 75° 35′ 29″ westPopulation
3,640Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CFROpen location code
87F6VCC5+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12588766403OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Chadds Ford” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Չադս Ֆորդ Թաունշիպ”
- Chinese: “查茲福”
- Chinese: “查茲福鎮”
- Czech: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Dutch: “Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania”
- French: “Chadd’s Ford”
- German: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Hebrew: “צ’אדס פורד”
- Hungarian: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Irish: “Chadds Ford”
- Italian: “Chadds Ford”
- Japanese: “チャッズ・フォード・タウンシップ”
- Luxembourgish: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Slovak: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Slovenian: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Chadds Ford”
- Swedish: “Chadds Ford Township”
- Ukrainian: “Чаддс-Форд Тауншип”
- Ukrainian: “Чеддс-Форд”
- Urdu: “برمنگھم ٹاؤن شپ، ڈیلاویئر کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
- Urdu: “برمنگھم ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Chadds Ford, Quận Delaware, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Chadds Ford”
- Welsh: “Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Chadds Ford Township”
- “Chadds Ford Township”
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