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Paradise Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Phoenixville Borough. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Phoenixville Borough
Park on the Ridge
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for East Vincent Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
East Vincent Township
Parkesburg
A town that changed names as rail lines, repair shops and an iron company moved through the same small patch of western Chester County.
Western Chester County
Parkesburg
Official links, local coverage and places connected to this municipality.
Parks grow through public choices
A park is the result of land, funding, access, and stewardship decisions made over generations.
Paul Palmer 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
Penn
Official links, local coverage and places connected to this municipality.
Penn Street Boat Launch
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for North Coventry Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
North Coventry Township
Penn Street Courts
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for North Coventry Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
North Coventry Township
Penn Township Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Penn Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Penn Township
Penn Township Sports Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Penn Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Penn Township
Penn Vet breaks ground on state-funded diagnostic laboratory
Penn Vet says construction has begun on a 63,000-square-foot veterinary diagnostic laboratory at New Bolton Center. The $94 million facility is expected to be completed in 2028, with laboratories moving in during 2029.
Penn Today
institution announcement
Penn Wood Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Westtown Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Westtown Township
Pennock Fields
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Kennett Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Kennett Township
Pennsbury
Official links, local coverage and places connected to this municipality.
Pennsbury Municipal Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Pennsbury Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Pennsbury Township
Pennsylvania adopts an anti-lynching law
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission links national outrage over Walker’s lynching with momentum for the state’s 1923 anti-lynching law. State law; its context includes Coatesville and the national anti-lynching movement.
Pennsylvania enacts gradual abolition
Pennsylvania’s gradual abolition act barred further importation of enslaved people and established a schedule for children born to enslaved mothers, but it did not immediately free people already held in slavery. Chester County’s register records enslaved residents under that legal system. The archive shows why the law’s title should not be mistaken for instant emancipation or a simple end to bondage.
People's Light
A full theater campus in Malvern: two stages, classes and shows, including a larger stage inside a historic stone barn. Choose a specific production before planning; tickets, schedule and access notes depend on the show.
Malvern postal area · Operator details checked 2026-10-03
Phebe English is recognized as free
After years of proceedings, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that Phebe English, a Black girl held in New Garden Township, had been born free, as had her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. The case reveals both the persistence of slavery and the legal actions Black people and their advocates pursued to challenge it. The surviving state record includes an earlier writ from 1785 and later proceedings.