West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation); Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania; and West Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

West Fallowfield Township
Township
Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge
Location of West Fallowfield Township in Chester County (left) and of Chester County in Pennsylvania (right)
Coordinates: 39°53′46″N75°58′12″W / 39.89611°N 75.97000°W / 39.89611; -75.97000
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Chester
Area [1]
• Total	18.25 sq mi (47.27 km2)
• Land	18.15 sq mi (47.01 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2)
Elevation	463 ft (141 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,566
• Estimate  (2016) [2]	2,588
• Density	142.60/sq mi (55.06/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	610
FIPS code	42-029-82936

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. ^[3]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.1 square miles (47 km²), all land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1930	801		—
1940	931		16.2%
1950	1,069		14.8%
1960	1,425		33.3%
1970	1,694		18.9%
1980	2,122		25.3%
1990	2,342		10.4%
2000	2,485		6.1%
2010	2,566		3.3%
2020	2,459		−4.2%
[4]

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. ^[5]

Roadways

PA 10 northbound in West Fallowfield Township

As of 2020, there were 56.46 miles (90.86 km) of public roads in West Fallowfield Township, of which 8.32 miles (13.39 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 48.14 miles (77.47 km) were maintained by the township. ^[6]

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 ^[7]
• Robert E. Monaghan (1822-1895), Pennsylvania State Representative

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 13, 2017.
2. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
4. "Census 2020".
5. "Census 2010: Philadelphia gains, Pittsburgh shrinks in population". USA Today . Archived from the original on 2011-03-14.
6. "West Fallowfield Township map" (PDF). PennDOT. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
7. Cope, Gilbert; Ashmead, Henry Graham, eds. (1904). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. Vol. 1. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 335–337. Retrieved 2023-12-04– via Archive.org.