Upland, Pennsylvania
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Website | uplandboro |
Upland is a
Geography
Upland is located in southern Delaware County at 39°51′24″N 75°22′46″W / 39.85667°N 75.37944°W (39.856762, -75.379429).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.65 square miles (1.68 km2), all land.[3]
History
The first European settlers in this area were from the Swedish colony of New Sweden. They arrived in the area in 1643 and built a permanent settlement at Tinicum Island. Although the name literally means "up land", it also reflects the Swedish province of Uppland.
The settlement of Upland was built around the point where Chester Creek flows into the Delaware River, which is part of the city of Chester, formerly also called "Upland". The colonists had plantations devoted to the cultivation of tobacco for export to Sweden. Upland was reflected on the early map of New Sweden made by Peter Lindstrom in 1654.[5][6]
During this period, three governments were competing for colonial supremacy in the
By the mid-1800s, the Upland Mills were built along Chester Creek in Upland by the wealthy textile manufacturer John Price Crozer.[8] The mills produced clothing for the US Army and other customers.[9]
The borough of Upland was founded May 24, 1869.[10]
The
Education
Residents in Upland are zoned to the
Crozer Theological Seminary was a multi-denominational religious institution built in 1858 by the wealthy industrialist John Price Crozer. Its most famous student was Martin Luther King Jr., who graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree.[13]
In 1970, the school was moved to Rochester, New York in a merger that formed the
Demographics
As of 2010 census, the racial makeup of the borough was 51.3%
].As of the 2000 census,
There were 1,116 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were married couples living together, 20.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.28.
In the borough, the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $28,869, and the median income for a family was $35,640. Males had a median income of $31,188 versus $26,723 for females. The
Transportation
As of 2014, there were 9.88 miles (15.90 km) of public roads in Upland, of which 2.38 miles (3.83 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 7.50 miles (12.07 km) were maintained by the borough.[18]
Interstate 95 is the main highway serving Upland; portions of Interchange 6 are located within the borough.
Points of interest
- Caleb Pusey House
- Crozer Arboretum
- Crozer Chester Medical Center
- Crozer Theological Seminary
- John P. Crozer II Mansion
- Upland Baptist Church
Notable people
- Clarence D. Bell, former Pennsylvania State Senator
- Danny Murtaugh, Pittsburgh Pirates player and manager, died in Upland
- John Price Crozer, textile manufacturer and philanthropist
- John K. Hagerty, former Pennsylvania State Representative
- TURN
- George Plafker, geologist and seismologist
References
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Upland borough, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ Narrative and Critical History of America (vol. 4) (Justin Winsor. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1884)
- ^ The History of Upland Borough
- ^ Upland Court in Chester County
- ^ Ashmead, Henry Graham (1883). Historical Sketch of Chester, on Delaware. Chester, Pennsylvania: Republican Steam Printing House. p. 320. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-88146-130-5. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 427. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Mailing Address." Main Street Elementary School. Retrieved on March 30, 2009.
- OCLC 39399036, retrieved 2009-10-06
- ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-06
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2018-01-28. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Main" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ "Census 2020".
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Upland Borough map" (PDF). PennDOT. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
Other sources
- Jordan, John W. A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York. 1914)
- Ward, Christopher L. New Sweden on the Delaware (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1938)
- Armstrong, Edward; William H. Denny The Record of the Court at Upland, in Pennsylvania. 1676 to 1681 (Kessinger Pub Company. 2007) ISBN 0-548-29249-3