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Welcome to Brandywine Summit ...

Brandywine Summit is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brandywine Summit, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

Brandywine Summit is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Brandywine Summit ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delcochamber.org/

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

Communities near Brandywine Summit ...

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

  • Wilmington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • 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 <3>
  • Newark
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <3>
  • Chester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • West Chester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Phoenixville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Coatesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Yeadon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • 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 <3>
  • Darby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • 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 <3>
  • Lansdowne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
  • Collingdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingdale
    • Collingdale is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collingdale <3>

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 Brandywine Summit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brandywine Summit.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brandywine Summit. 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 Brandywine Summit.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandywine Summit ...

Looking for more information about Brandywine Summit? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brandywine Summit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brandywine Summit.

Adding Brandywine Summit to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brandywine Summit 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 Brandywine Summit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brandywine Summit post office opened in 1869.

We also found Brandywine Summit in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brandywine Summit.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brandywine Summit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/