Honey Brook, Pennsylvania
| Honey Brook Borough | |
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 Corner of US 322 and Rt 10
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Chester |
| Elevation | 738 ft (224.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°05′39″N 75°54′35″W / 40.09417°N 75.90972°WCoordinates: 40°05′39″N 75°54′35″W / 40.09417°N 75.90972°W |
| Area | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| - land | 0.5 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 1,713 (2010) |
| Density | 3,426.0/sq mi (1,322.8/km2) |
| Incorporated | 1891 |
| Mayor | Chris Mulhall |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 19344 |
| Area code | 610 and 484 |
 Location in Chester County and the state of Pennsylvania.
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| Website: http://www.honeybrookborough.net | |
Honey Brook is a borough located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of the borough was 1,713 at the 2010 census. The borough is surrounded by Honey Brook Township, and both are referred to locally collectively as Honey Brook.
Honey Brook Township was divided from Nantmeal Township in 1789. A schoolmaster and land developer named Stinson bought a plot of land along Horseshoe Pike in 1815. He had it surveyed and held a lottery to sell the lots for the town he called Waynesborough in honor of the Revolutionary War general, Mad Anthony Wayne. The residents changed the name to Honey Brook in 1884. Honey Brook is an incorrect English translation of the Welsh Nantmel, a village in Radnorshire, now part of Powys. The name 'Nantmel' actually means 'Mael's valley', Mael being a tenth-century prince. Honey Brook was incorporated as a borough in 1891.
The year 1884 brought more changes to the village and township. The railroad from Philadelphia-Downingtown-Lancaster was completed and ran along the south side of Horseshoe Pike. The railroad caused a problem for the village: there was another Waynesburg in western Pennsylvania. The freight was being routed to the wrong stations. Hence, the name was changed from Waynesburg to Honey Brook.
As the town grew, a petition was circulated in 1891 for the town to be incorporated into a borough. Almost every homeowner signed. With the incorporation as a borough, the main problems to overcome were: street lighting, sidewalks, and several years later, water.
The borough accepted public water in September 1896. Electric streetlights were installed after much discussion in 1915. Before that, gas lamps were used to light the streets. Over the years, boardwalks were replaced by bricks, then by concrete sidewalks. There are still two brick sidewalks in the borough. Horseshoe Pike, formerly Main Street, has the only fully paved sidewalks in the borough.
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