Welcome to Essington ...

Essington is located in Delaware County<1>.

The location of Essington has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Essington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Essington is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Essington lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Essington ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delcochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Essington, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Essington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Essington - it's located in Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Essington.

Communities near Essington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Essington.

• Philadelphia
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
• Camden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Wilmington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
• Norristown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <4>
• Chester
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• West Chester
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <4>
• Yeadon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
• Gloucester City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Darby
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
• Lansdowne
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Essington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Essington.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Essington. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Essington.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Essington. See our Newspapers Page for Essington.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Essington ...

Looking for more information about Essington? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Essington, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Essington.

Adding Essington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Essington in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Essington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Essington post office opened in 1891.

We also found Essington on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Essington.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Essington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/