Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania
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George Washington's headquarters at Brandywine Battlefield
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Delaware |
| Elevation | 315 ft (96.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°52′29″N 75°33′15″W / 39.87472°N 75.55417°WCoordinates: 39°52′29″N 75°33′15″W / 39.87472°N 75.55417°W |
| Area | 8.7 sq mi (22.5 km2) |
| - land | 8.6 sq mi (22 km2) |
| - water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 1.15% |
| Population | 3,640 (2010) |
| Density | 420.3/sq mi (162.3/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 19317 |
| Area code | 610 and 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-045-12442 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1216378 |
 Location in Delaware County and the state of Pennsylvania.
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Chadds Ford Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of the center of Philadelphia. Prior to 1996, Chadds Ford Township was known as Birmingham Township; the name was changed to allow the township to correspond to both its census-designated place and to distinguish itself from the adjacent Birmingham Township in Chester County. As of the 2010 census, Chadds Ford Township had a population of 3,640, up from 3,170 at the 2000 census.
Chadds Ford was home to N.C. Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth, and grandson Jamie Wyeth. The Brandywine Battlefield (site of the Battle of Brandywine) is located in the township, along with the Brandywine River Museum, which houses much of the Wyeth collection. Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852–1912), a U.S. senator from Idaho, was born in Chadds Ford.
The township is the westernmost in Delaware County and is bordered to the west by Chester County and to the south by the state of Delaware. Brandywine Creek forms the western boundary of the township (and of Delaware County).
U.S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) runs through the northern part of the township and intersects U.S. Routes 202 and 322 at Painters Crossroads on the township's eastern border. US 1 leads southwest toward Maryland, while US 202 leads south to Wilmington, Delaware, and US 322 leads east to Chester. US 202 and 322 together lead north to West Chester.
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