West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Explained

West Fallowfield Township
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:260px
Coordinates:39.8961°N -75.97°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chester
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:18.25
Area Land Sq Mi:18.15
Area Water Sq Mi:0.10
Elevation Ft:463
Population Total:2566
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Sq Mi:142.60
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-4
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:610
Pop Est As Of:2016
Pop Est Footnotes:[1]
Population Est:2588
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-029-82936
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:47.27
Area Land Km2:47.01
Area Water Km2:0.27
Population Density Km2:55.06

West Fallowfield Township is a township that is located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,566 at the time of the 2010 census. The township includes the unincorporated village of Cochranville.

History

Three locations in the township, Bridge in West Fallowfield Township, Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge, and Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of, all land.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the township was 89.7% non-Hispanic White, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian, and 1.6% were two or more races. 6.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.[3]

Transportation

As of 2020, there were of public roads in West Fallowfield Township, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.[4]

Pennsylvania Route 10 and Pennsylvania Route 41 are the numbered roads serving West Fallowfield Township. PA 10 follows Limestone Road along a north-south alignment across the southeastern corner of the township. PA 41 follows Gap Newport Pike along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern and eastern parts of the township.

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and Housing Unit Estimates. June 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Aug 13, 2017.
  3. Web site: Census 2010: Philadelphia gains, Pittsburgh shrinks in population . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110314234139/https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA . 2011-03-14 . dead.
  4. Web site: West Fallowfield Township map. PennDOT. March 13, 2023.
  5. Book: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania . Cope . Gilbert . Ashmead . Henry Graham . 1 . The Lewis Publishing Company . 1904 . 335–337 . . 2023-12-04.