Darby Meeting

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.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Quaker
Description: historic church in Pennsylvania, United States
Also known as: “Darby Friends Meeting”
Address: 1017 Main Street, Darby, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blessed Virgin Mary Church and Darby Transit Center.

Blessed Virgin Mary Church

Church

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Blessed Virgin Mary Church is situated 380 feet northwest of Darby Meeting.

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 750 feet south of Darby Meeting.

Darby station

Railway station

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Darby station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Darby, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Northeast Corridor at 4th and Colwyn Streets, and serves the Wilmington/Newark Line. Darby station is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Darby Meeting.

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.