West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{other Pennsylvania townships|East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)|Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania|West Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = West Fallowfield Township
| settlement_type = Township
| image_skyline = Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge Side 3000px.jpg
| image_caption = Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge
| image_flag =
| image_seal =
| image_map = Chester County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas West Fallowfield highlighted.svg
| mapsize = 260px
| map_caption = Location of West Fallowfield Township in Chester County (left) and of Chester County in Pennsylvania (right)
| coordinates = {{coord|39|53|46|N|75|58|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Chester
| subdivision_type4 = Municipality
| established_title =
| established_date =
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 18.25
| area_land_sq_mi = 18.15
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.10
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_ft = 463
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2566
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_density_sq_mi = 142.60
| timezone1 = EST
| utc_offset1 = -5
| timezone1_DST = EDT
| utc_offset1_DST = -4
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code =
| area_code_type =
| area_code = 610
| website =
|pop_est_as_of = 2016
|pop_est_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=June 9, 2017}}
|population_est = 2588
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 42-029-82936
|area_total_km2 = 47.27
|area_land_km2 = 47.01
|area_water_km2 = 0.27
|population_density_km2 = 55.06
}}
West Fallowfield Township is a township that is located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,566 at the time of the 2010 census. The township includes the unincorporated village of Cochranville.
History
Three locations in the township, Bridge in West Fallowfield Township, Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge, and Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of {{convert|18.1|sqmi}}, all land.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1930= 801
|1940= 931
|1950= 1069
|1960= 1425
|1970= 1694
|1980= 2122
|1990= 2342
|2000= 2485
|2010= 2566
|2020= 2459
}}
As of the 2010 census, the township was 89.7% non-Hispanic White, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian, and 1.6% were two or more races. 6.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA |title=Census 2010: Philadelphia gains, Pittsburgh shrinks in population |work=USA Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314234139/https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA |archive-date=2011-03-14 |url-status=dead}}
Roadways
File:2022-09-05 13 54 58 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 10 (Limestone Road) just north of Pennsylvania State Route 41 (Gap Newport Pike) in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.jpg northbound in West Fallowfield Township]]
As of 2020, there were {{convert|56.46|mi}} of public roads in West Fallowfield Township, of which {{convert|8.32|mi}} were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and {{convert|48.14|mi}} were maintained by the township.{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/15246.pdf|title=West Fallowfield Township map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 13, 2023}}
Pennsylvania Route 10 and Pennsylvania Route 41 are the numbered roads serving West Fallowfield Township. PA 10 follows Limestone Road along a north-south alignment across the southeastern corner of the township. PA 41 follows Gap Newport Pike along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern and eastern parts of the township.
Notable residents
- Robert Futhey (1789–1870), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historichomesins00cope/page/334/mode/2up |title=Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania |editor-last1=Cope |editor-first1=Gilbert |editor-last2=Ashmead |editor-first2=Henry Graham |volume=1 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |year=1904 |pages=335–337 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-04}}{{Open access}}
- Robert E. Monaghan (1822-1895), Pennsylvania State Representative
References
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{{Chester County, Pennsylvania}}