Delaware County Place Names
1 HISTORICAL LORE IS WOVEN INTO COUNTY PLACE NAMES
2 DELAWARE NAMED FOR MAN WHO PROBABLY NEVER SAW IT
3 SITE OF OLD ROMAN CAMP GIVES CITY OF CHESTER NAME
6 RIDLEY TOWNSHIP DERIVED NAME IN 1682 FROM RIDLEY CREEK
7 NAMES OF RURAL DISTRICTS RECALLS TOUR OF ENGLAND
9 PROVIDENCE SHOWS THANKS FOR SAFE OCEAN VOYAGE
12 NAMING OF MARPLE TOWNSHIP STILL CONFOUNDS HISTORIANS
14 EDDYSTONE AND FOLCROFT NAMES OF ENGLISH ORIGIN
16 SHARON HILL SWARTHMORE NAMED AFTER SCHOOLS
17 PARKSIDE RIDLEY PARK PROSPECT PARK
18 MILL INDUSTRIES IN COUNTY DESIGNATE THREE BOROUGHS
19 LANSDOWNE COLLINGDALE NAMED FOR RAILROAD STOPS
20 MARCUS HOOK OF INDIAN ORIGIN
24 SMALL TOWNS NAMED FOR PROMINET FAMILIES
25 MOYLAN NAMED FOR LAWYER WHO LIVED IN THE VALLEY
26 CHADDS FORD NAMED FOR FERRY SERVICE OPERATOR
29 COMMUNITIES NAMED FOR MILLS THEY GREW AROUND
31 DID YOU EVER HEAR OF PIGS EYE IN ROCKDALE
33 NAMES OF CREEKS CHANGE SINCE LENAPE INDIANS DAYS
34 PICTURESQUE PLACE NAMES TAGGED ON COUNTY ROADS
35 SUMMARY OF 100 NAMES OF MUNICIPALITIES
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