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The deputy secretary for Water Management plans, directs, and coordinates departmental programs associated with the management and protection of the commonwealth's water resources; coordinates policies, procedures, and regulations that influence public water supply withdrawals and quality, sewage facilities planning, point source municipal and ...
The main east–west road to West Chester is West Chester Pike, which begins in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, just outside Philadelphia, and is part of Pennsylvania Route 3 (PA 3). [38] The West Chester Pike originally existed as a private turnpike connecting Philadelphia and West Chester between 1850 and 1918, when it became a public ...
West Chester elementary schools were desegregated in 1948, thanks to the efforts of Charles and Unise Porter, the parents of African-American first-grader Gregory Porter. [56] The West Chester Normal School became West Chester State Teachers College in 1926. It again changed its name to West Chester State College in 1960.
US Post Office-West Chester, also called the Robert J. Thompson Post Office Building, is a historic post office located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect James Knox Taylor for the Office of the Supervising Architect , and built in 1907 in the neoclassical style .
Chester County: 029: West Chester: 1682: One of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania: The English city of Chester in the county of Cheshire: 549,784: 760 sq mi (1,968 km 2) Clarion County: 031: Clarion: 1839: Parts of Venango and Armstrong Counties: Clarion River, itself so named for its clarity 36,970: 609 sq mi (1,577 km 2 ...
Southern Chester County is defined as being the municipalities south of the Philadelphia Main Line and west of West Chester. The locations of National Register properties and districts, for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
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.