Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania | |
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 Birmingham Friends Meeting
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Chester |
| Elevation | 249 ft (75.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°54′30″N 75°36′55″W / 39.90833°N 75.61528°WCoordinates: 39°54′30″N 75°36′55″W / 39.90833°N 75.61528°W |
| Area | 6.5 sq mi (16.8 km2) |
| - land | 6.4 sq mi (17 km2) |
| - water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 1.54% |
| Population | 4,208 (2010) |
| Density | 657.5/sq mi (253.9/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 610 |
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Birmingham Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,208 at the 2010 census.
Birmingham Township was the site of the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. Over 18,000 men were engaged. It was, until that time, the largest land battle on the North American continent. Birmingham Friends Meeting, founded in 1690, is the location of a common grave of both American and British casualties. Much of the original battlefield around the meeting is preserved to this day. Birmingham is the oldest township in Chester County. The township was recently rated by Philadelphia magazine as one of the top five Best Places to Live in the suburbs of Philadelphia and as the "Place with the Biggest Paychecks".
The Lenape Bridge, Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School, Brinton's Mill, Edward Brinton House, George Brinton House, Daniel Davis House and Barn, Dilworthtown Historic District, Edgewood, Orthodox Meetinghouse, and Sharpless Homestead are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 6.5 square miles (17 km2), of which 6.4 square miles (17 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 1.23%, is water. It is mainly composed of farmland and rolling hills, but several small communities also exist. A small non-contiguous piece of land within the great bend of Brandywine Creek is included in the township. It does not include any roads, but does include a railroad, and borders Christiana Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, on the south and Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, in all other directions.
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