Lower Chichester Township, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 39°49′36″N 75°25′19″W / 39.82667°N 75.42194°W / 39.82667; -75.42194
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Not to be confused with Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania.

Lower Chichester Township
Linwood, Pennsylvania
GNIS feature ID
1216384
Websitelowerchitwp.com

Lower Chichester Township is a

census designated place of Linwood
.

History

The first mention of Chichester township is on June 27, 1683, when William Hewes was appointed constable of "Chichester liberty".[4]

On March 1, 1919, part of Lower Chichester Township was incorporated as the borough of Trainer.[5]

Geography

The township is in southern Delaware County and is bordered by

12-mile circle border between Delaware and Pennsylvania. Linwood, a census-designated place
, occupies the eastern half of the township and has nearly all of the township's population.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lower Chichester Township has a total area of 1.07 square miles (2.78 km2), all land.[3]

Educational system

Linwood is a part of

Chichester High School
(Grades 9–12).

Holy Family Regional Catholic School in

Aston, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is the area Catholic school. It formed in 2012 from a merger of Holy Savior-St. John Fisher Elementary School in Linwood and St. Joseph Catholic School in Aston.[6] Holy Savior School opened in 1917, and changed its name after St. John Fisher Church was established in Boothwyn in 1971 as the school at that time became the parish school of St. John Fisher.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19303,473—
19403,108−10.5%
19502,938−5.5%
19604,46051.8%
19704,009−10.1%
19803,784−5.6%
19903,660−3.3%
20003,591−1.9%
20103,469−3.4%
20203,425−1.3%
[8]

As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the township was 87.6%

Latino of any race were 3.9% of the population [1]
.

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.36% of the population.

There were 1,278 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,846, and the median income for a family was $43,066. Males had a median income of $35,375 versus $22,955 for females. The

poverty line
, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

Holy Saviour Catholic Church

The

Upper Chichester Township,[11] on July 1, 2013, and worship services at Holy Savior ended in 2015; the archdiocese stated that the church needed $600,000 in repairs.[12]

Transportation

I-95 southbound in Lower Chichester Township

As of 2018, there were 9.47 miles (15.24 km) of public roads in Lower Chichester Township, of which 4.04 miles (6.50 km) were maintained by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 5.43 miles (8.74 km) were maintained by the township.[13]

Pennsylvania Route 491
does likewise along Naamans Creek Road in the southwestern portion of the township.

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lower Chichester township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 456. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "A Brief History of Trainer" (PDF). www.chichesterhistory.org. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "2012 Catholic grade school consolidations/closings". Catholicphilly.com. July 15, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Our Parish School". Holy Saviour Parish. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Census 2020".
  9. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  10. ^ "Linwood". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. July 8, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  11. Delco Times
    . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  12. Delco Times
    . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  13. ^ "Lower Chichester Township map" (PDF). PennDOT. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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