![]() The railroad built houses for commuters and the commuters bought tickets for the rail lines. Like many other suburban communities Llanerch was the child of the railroad companies. Llanerch situated at the intersection of West Chester Pike and Darby Road was the first planned community of Haverford Township. A commercial rail line, now removed, served Boyle Fuel, Lobb Lumber and the Swell Bubble Gum factory up until the 1960s. Llanerch first appears as a small community with numbered streets. In that same year on May 29, the trolley line opened the branch from Llanerch to Ardmore. Most of the old family names no longer appear. ![]() By 1902 the maps indicate a significant change in land ownership. In 1895 The Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company begins service between 69th Street and West Chester with a major junction at Llanerch. Property maps in 1862 indicate that the landowners were descendants of the same families that arrived with William Penn: among them, the Lawrences, the Ellis’, the Humphreys and the Lewis’. Prior to the First World War Haverford was a township of extensive farms. The Haverford Township Historical Society maintains a "survey" of historic resources notable to the township. Coopertown, appears as early as 1848 as the first community and the earliest post office is found at the Spread Eagle Tavern at the junction of the present Eagle and Manoa Roads. Other Havertown sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places include the Federal School and Lawrence Cabin. Leedom Hall was the probable home to William Howell the founder of Haverford Mills which date from 1688. Nitre Hall, along Karakung (Cobb's) Creek, supplied the United States with over 800,000 pounds of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The Grange Estate, entertained the Revolutionary War figures George Washington and General Lafayette. The township is home to many historic sites. The settlers named their new home after Haverfordwest ( Hwlffordd), Wales, UK. ![]() Haverford Township was founded by Welsh Quakers in 1681 on land purchased from William Penn. ![]()
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