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]
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