Buttonwood Bridge

Buttonwood Bridge is a bridge in Borough of Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Buttonwood Bridge is situated nearby to John M. Drew Park, as well as near the fire station Darby Fire Company 1 Station 4.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darby Free Library and Darby Transit Center.

Darby Free Library

Library

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Darby Free Library is a public library at 1001 Main Street in Darby Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Founded as the Darby Library Company in 1743 – just 12 years after Benjamin Franklin organized the Library Company of Philadelphia – it remains one of the oldest libraries in the United States. Darby Free Library is situated 760 feet north of Buttonwood Bridge.

Darby Transit Center

Tram stop

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The T4, formerly Route 11, is a light rail line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority that connects the 13th Street station in Center City, Philadelphia, to Darby Transit Center in Darby, Pennsylvania. Darby Transit Center is situated 360 feet northeast of Buttonwood Bridge.

Darby Meeting

Church

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The Darby Meeting or Darby Friends Meeting House is located in Darby, Pennsylvania. The first recorded minutes of the meeting are dated July 2, 1684, not long after William Penn landed in nearby Chester to establish the colony of Pennsylvania. Darby Meeting is situated 1,100 feet north of Buttonwood Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darby and Upper Darby.

Darby

Town

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Darby is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Darby had a population of 10,715. The borough is located along Darby Creek 5 miles southwest of Center City Philadelphia.

Upper Darby

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Upper Darby Township, often shortened to Upper Darby, is a home rule township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 85,681, making it the state's sixth-most populated municipality after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Reading, and Erie.