Booths Corner, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Booths Corner, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Booths Corner
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Delaware
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Bethel
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:387
Coordinates:39.8392°N -75.4942°W
Area Code:610 and 484
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1170001

Booths Corner is an unincorporated community in Bethel Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Booths Corner is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 261 (Foulk Road) and Pennsylvania Route 491 (Naamans Creek Road).[1]

Booths Corner is named after Thomas Booth, who became a merchant in the village in 1854 and served as postmaster.[2] The Booth family in Bethel can be traced back to Robert Booth who emigrated to Pennsylvania from Yorkshire, England in 1712.[3]

Notable people

Francis Harvey Green - educator, poet and lecturer

Notes and References

  1. PennDOT. [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/delaware_GHSN.PDF Delaware County, Pennsylvania Highway Map]. 2012. September 18, 2013.
  2. Book: Ashmead, Henry. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 1884. L.H. Everts & Co.. 311. August 15, 2015. March 25, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100325205856/http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/index.htm. dead.
  3. Book: Goodley. George Walter. Bethel Township Delaware County, Pennsylvania Thru Three Centuries. 1987. 90.