Rose Valley, Pennsylvania
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Delaware |
| Elevation | 180 ft (54.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°53′43″N 75°23′09″W / 39.89528°N 75.38583°WCoordinates: 39°53′43″N 75°23′09″W / 39.89528°N 75.38583°W |
| Area | 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| - land | 0.7 sq mi (2 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 913 (2010) |
| Density | 1,247.2/sq mi (481.5/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 19063, 19086 |
| Area code | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-66192 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1185459 |
 Location of Rose Valley in Delaware County
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Rose Valley Historic District
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Ridley Creek, Woodward Rd, Providence and Brookhaven Rds and Todmorden Ln |
| Architect | Will Price, others |
| Architectural style | Vernacular, Victorian, various |
| NRHP Reference # | 10000470 |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 2010 |
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Hedgerow Theatre - Rose Valley
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Rose Valley is a small, historic borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its area is 0.73 square miles (1.9 km2), and the population was 913 at the 2010 census. The area was settled by Quaker farmers in 1682, and later water mills along Ridley Creek drove manufacturing in the nineteenth century.
In 1901 Rose Valley was founded as an Arts and Crafts community by architect Will Price, who bought 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land around the former Rose Valley textile mill. Price was a follower of Henry George's economics (Georgism). Price also co-founded Arden, Delaware, a utopian single tax community based on Henry George's economic model. Nevertheless, the Georgist single-tax ideal was never implemented in Rose Valley. Crafts works soon foundered, leaving a legacy of impressive architecture, a preserved landscape, and a regional theatre, the Hedgerow Theatre (founded in 1923), as well as an artistic community that includes writers, painters, and architects. As a former mayor said, "Rose Valley is an island of non-conformity." The Rose Valley Historic District, covering essentially all of the borough, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Native Americans of the Leni Lenape or Delaware tribe lived in the area when Europeans began arriving. A major trade route, the Great Minquas Path, passed though the site of the present borough, along Long Point, a hairpin turn in Ridley Creek, and then across the creek and through the center of the borough. Furs were carried along the path from Native Americans on the Susquehanna River to European traders on the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers.
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