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11 unusual facts about Chester County


Bayard Taylor

Young Bayard received his early instruction in an academy at West Chester, and later at Unionville.

Benjamin D. Price

Born in North Coventry, Pennsylvania, he established his architectural practice at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bruce Mowday

Mowday lives in Uwchlan Township, Chester County with his wife, Katherine.

Buddleja davidii 'Glokosa'

Buddleja davidii 'Glokosa' is an obscure American cultivar, not described in contemporary horticultural literature, but listed in the accessions (no. 19970593) of Longwood Gardens Inc., Kennett, Pennsylvania, source: Carolina Nurseries (ceased trading 2010), Charleston, South Carolina.

Chester County

Additionally, the original name of Cheshire (in the northwest of England) was the "County of Chester."

Graceanna Lewis

Graceanna Lewis was born on August 3, 1821 on a farm near West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

John Beale Bordley

(He became stepfather to Thomas Mifflin.) Then the Bordley family wintered in Philadelphia, and a large farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, “Como Farm".

John W. Woolley

Woolley was born to Edwin D. and Mary W. Woolley, the first of Edwin's seven wives, in Newlin, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Richard Troxell

The couple have two sons and reside in the countryside of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Sandy Flash

James Fitzpatrick was born in West Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania the son of an Irish emigrant.

Tobias Segal

Segal was born and raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and has been active in the theatre community in Philadelphia.


Dolores Gresham

Her Senate District 26 encompasses the counties of Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy and Wayne in the western part of the state.

Dorlan, Pennsylvania

Dorlan, Pennsylvania is a populated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania along Pennsylvania Route 282 north of Downingtown, Pennsylvania and just south of Marsh Creek State Park.

Edwin Hanson Webster

Born near Churchville, Maryland, Webster received a classical training, and attended the Churchville Academy and later the New London Academy of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Gei Zantzinger

He lived in Devault, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where his production company, Constant Spring Productions, was based.

Great Minquas Path

Strasburg Road in Chester County and Lancaster County generally follows the route of the Great Minquas Path.

John Huggins

He was briefly enlisted in the United States Navy before attending Lincoln University in Chester County,Pennsylvania, where he met his wife Ericka Huggins.

Lyndell, Pennsylvania

Lyndell, Pennsylvania is a populated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania along Pennsylvania Route 282 north of Downingtown, Pennsylvania and just south of Marsh Creek State Park.

Pennsylvania Route 282

The route runs from Pennsylvania Route 82 in West Nantmeal Township southeast to U.S. Route 30 Business in Downingtown.

Pennsylvania Route 345

The route runs from Pennsylvania Route 82 in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County north to U.S. Route 422 near Birdsboro, Berks County.

Pennsylvania Route 401

The route heads into agricultural areas as it crosses into Elverson, Chester County, where it runs between farmland to the north and rural areas of woods and homes to the south, crossing PA 82.