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1408 W. Strasburg Road
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for West Bradford Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
West Bradford Township
2026 Holiday Fine Craft Fair
Ludwigs Corner Fire Hall, 1325 Pottstown Pike, Glenmoore, PA · Chester County Craft Guild
Chester County Craft Guild 2026 fair listings
Announced · Confirm current details with the organizer
2026 Holiday Fine Craft Fair
Ludwigs Corner Fire Hall, 1325 Pottstown Pike, Glenmoore, PA · Chester County Craft Guild
Chester County Craft Guild 2026 fair listings
Announced · Confirm current details with the organizer
A church moved with Kennett’s Black community
The African Union Church of New Garden began in Kennett Township and later carried its congregation’s history into Kennett Square Borough.
A county takes shape
One of Pennsylvania’s three original counties grew through farming, Quaker meeting communities, trade, and the work of households connected to Philadelphia.
A county that keeps growing
Agriculture is a living part of Chester County’s identity: a story of good land, nearby markets, specialized knowledge, and generations of people doing demanding work.
A forge takes shape at Hibernia
Samuel Downing established an iron forge at Hibernia on the West Branch of the Brandywine in the early 1790s. The works grew into a complex of furnaces, forges, a rolling mill, gristmill, farm, and worker housing. Its story links industrial production to waterpower, woodland charcoal, household labor, and the families who lived near the ironworks.
A longtime volunteer helps keep Phoenixville Area Community Services going
Spotlight PA profiles Elaine Miller, a longtime volunteer at Phoenixville Area Community Services. The organization told the newsroom it served more than 12,000 people in Northern Chester County in the previous month.
Spotlight PA
sponsored feature · Sponsor: Ballard Spahr
A look at Chester County’s current literary scene
VISTA.Today’s feature spotlights writers with Chester County connections, including Lisa Scottoline of Malvern and Jerry and Eileen Spinelli of Phoenixville. It points readers to their local ties and recent work.
VISTA.Today
publisher feature
A mill is rebuilt on French Creek
Christopher Knauer built the surviving Mount Pleasant Grist Mill around 1805 on the South Branch of French Creek, replacing an earlier mill on the site dating to the 1730s. Water-powered milling connected farms to local markets by turning grain into flour. The Library of Congress engineering survey records the structure and its industrial history.
A mob lynches Zachariah Walker in Coatesville
Zachariah Walker, a Black man being held in a Coatesville hospital, was seized and lynched by a white mob in 1911. The case went to court, but all indicted participants were acquitted. The Coatesville NAACP’s historian-authored account also records later Black community organizing in response to threats, placing the violence alongside the resistance and mutual protection it provoked.
A night raid at Paoli
On the night of September 20–21, British troops led by Charles Grey surprised Anthony Wayne’s encampment near Paoli. Grey ordered a bayonet attack, and American troops suffered heavy losses. Wayne, a native of Easttown in Chester County, was fighting close to home. Patriots called the attack the Paoli Massacre, and its memory became an enduring part of the county’s Revolutionary history.
A rail section links Downingtown and Waynesburg
The County’s account of the former New Holland line describes a Downingtown–Waynesburg section by 1861. Rail corridor later repurposed as Struble Trail.
A Schuylkill River Trail phase opens in Chester County
The County parks chronology records an early completed phase of its Schuylkill River Trail section. Phoenixville and the Schuylkill River corridor; total mileage remains conflicted across County pages.
A university that kept opening doors
From Ashmun Institute’s 1854 charter to today’s Lincoln University, a southern Chester County campus has made education part of the freedom story.
A.C. Miller/Chandler Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for West Whiteland Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
West Whiteland Township
Abdala Memorial Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for City of Coatesville. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
City of Coatesville
Acker Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Uwchlan Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Uwchlan Township
Agriculture remains a major land use
The USDA counted 1,558 farms and 143,442 acres of farmland in Chester County in its 2022 Census of Agriculture. Those figures are a dated federal snapshot rather than a real-time tally. They show that farming remains a substantial presence alongside the county’s newer suburbs, laboratories, offices, and industrial employers.
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center
A self-guided look at rotorcraft from around the world, with several aircraft visitors can enter and an indoor lunch room for a packed meal. Service animals are welcome; leave pets at home.
West Chester postal area · Operator details checked 2026-10-03