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West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] Located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. [6] West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships.
Hannum renamed Turk's Head West Chester and began selling lots along Gay Street. By 1795 he had mapped out the original streets – Church, High, Gay, Market, Chestnut, and Walnut. On March 28, 1799, West Chester was incorporated as a borough from Goshen Township land by an act of state legislature.
West Chester, the county seat since 1788, was incorporated in 1799. County was the scene of important military activities in 1777-1778. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) February 1, 2006: West Chester Univ. campus, between Library and Main Hall, facing High St.
DeBaptiste went on to win the general election in November and became the borough's first black female mayor on January 3, 2022. [9] [10] DeBaptiste endorsed Malcolm Kenyatta for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race. [11] [12] DeBaptiste announced that she would co-sponsor West Chester's first annual Porchfest, along with the West Chester Green ...
Comitta speaking at West Chester University. Comitta was first elected to the West Chester Borough Council in 2005, taking-over the Fifth Ward seat vacated by incumbent Democratic Councilwoman Barbara McIlvaine Smith. While on Council, she served as chair of the Borough Council's Public Safety Committee, and also chaired the Planning Zoning ...
Chester County History Center (CCHC), formerly the Chester County Historical Society, [3] is a nonprofit historical society, founded in 1893, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area. The History Center is located at 225 North High Street in downtown West Chester.
For the purposes of this list, the county is split into three regions: Eastern, Northern, and Southern. Eastern Chester County is defined as being the municipalities south and east of a line extending from Phoenixville to Exton to West Chester; Northern Chester County is defined as being the municipalities north of the Philadelphia Main Line and west of a line extending from Phoenixville to ...
The West Chester Area School District (WCASD) serves the borough of West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States and its surrounding townships. The townships served are East Bradford , East Goshen , Thornbury , West Goshen , West Whiteland , and Westtown , in Chester County , as well as Thornbury Township in adjacent Delaware County . [ 2 ]