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Haverford Township is a home rule municipality township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] Haverford is named after the town of Haverfordwest in Wales. It is a commuting suburb located due west of Philadelphia and is officially known as the Township of Haverford .
The Haverford neighborhood name was borrowed from the older entity, Haverford Township (established 1681) to which much of the unincorporated community belongs, as the result of a postal code address change in 1946. [2] [3] Haverford Township's namesake is in turn derived from the name of the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK. [4] [5]
Oakmont is served by the Haverford Township School District, the Oakmont Fire Company (established 1912), and the Haverford Township Police Department. [12] The neighborhood was once served by the Oakmont School as an elementary school. It now houses the administration of the Haverford Township School District. [13]
Penfield is an unincorporated community in Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Penfield borders the unincorporated communities of Brookline, Chatham, Carroll Park, and Beechwood in Haverford. [2]
The neighborhood also had a country club, called the Brookline Square Club (1925) and small airport, located behind the High School, now the Haverford Township Middle School. The site of the club and the airport is now Haverford High School. [13] The neighborhood's closest train station is the M Line Beechwood-Brookline Station.
The Haverford Township Historical Society maintains a survey of historic resources notable to the township. Haverford Township c. 1902. Historic roads. The Haverford Road is one of the earliest roads laid out by civil ordinance. Dates for its layout and completion vary from 1687 to 1703. Darby Road, known earlier as Coopertown Road, dates from ...
Nitre Hall is open to the public May through October, in December for special events, and by appointment for a nominal admission charge, according to the Haverford Township Historical Society. The building's main use is for school and group field trips. The historical society puts on a "day in the life" show for the township's fifth graders.
The last family to occupy the mansion did so from 1913 until 1974, when the estate was purchased by Haverford Township in 1974 under the Haverford Historical Society. [8] The mansion is now maintained as a museum and community center. Regular tours are available from April to October and during the December holidays.