Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Delaware |
| Elevation | 330 ft (101 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°56′31″N 75°23′47″W / 39.94194°N 75.39639°WCoordinates: 39°56′31″N 75°23′47″W / 39.94194°N 75.39639°W |
| Area | 5.8 sq mi (15 km2) |
| - land | 5.6 sq mi (15 km2) |
| - water | 0.2 sq mi (1 km2) |
| Population | 10,142 (2010) |
| Density | 1,810.3/sq mi (699/km2) |
 Location in Delaware County and the state of Pennsylvania.
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Upper Providence Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, located around and north of the borough of Media, and about 15 miles (24 km) west of center city Philadelphia. The population was 10,142 at the 2010 census.Ridley Creek State Park is inside the township towards the northern edge, and the township also contains Ridley Creek and Crum Creek. The township is zoned 98% residential, 1% commercial and 1% industrial, with minimal space zoned to commercial business.
The area was settled about 1683 and formed into Providence Township. On October 17, 1683, the residents of Providence Township petitioned the Court of Chester County, of which they were then a part, to establish a road from Providence to Chester. The court approved the creation of Providence Great Road (now Route 252). Upper Providence Township and Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania split in 1687. The borough of Media was formed in 1850 from pieces of both townships.
Water power was used extensively in the township's early history, with local mills including Sycamore Mills or Bishop's Mills built on Ridley Creek in 1718, Robinett Grist Mill (1687), Malin's Grist Mill (1770), Register's Nail Factory (1812), and Palmer's Mills (1802).
Formal education began when local Quaker James Turner left money in his 1787 will to establish Blue Hill School near Chapel and Providence roads. The Union Library on Sycamore Mill Road opened in 1813 and had over 800 volumes by 1843. Sandy Bank School opened in 1836, was rebuilt 1905 and enlarged in 1926. Lower Banks School opened in 1872. The Rose Tree Union School District was established in 1947.
The Rose Tree Tavern, built in 1739, was a well-known inn in the late 19th century as a summer resort for Philadelphians. Steeplechase races and fox hunts were held there by the Rose Tree Hunt Club. It still stands after having been moved to Rose Tree Park and was recently renovated, reopening its doors in 2011 as a tourism office.
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