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Welcome to Chadds Ford Junction ...

Chadds Ford Junction is located in Chester County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Chadds Ford Junction: Chadds Frd. Jct. (or less commonly used: Chadds Frd. Jctn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Chadds Ford Junction for more information about variations on the name of Chadds Ford Junction.

Chadds Ford Junction is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Chadds Ford Junction: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Chadds Ford Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chadds Ford Junction.

  • Wilmington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
  • Newark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Chester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • West Chester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Phoenixville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Coatesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Yeadon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
  • Darby
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Darby is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
  • Lansdowne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Collingdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chadds Ford Junction ...

Looking for more information about Chadds Ford Junction? 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 Chadds Ford Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chadds Ford Junction.

Adding Chadds Ford Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chadds Ford Junction 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 (so far) for Chadds Ford Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Chadds Ford Junction post office opened in 1891. The Chadds Ford Junction post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chadds Ford Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chadds Ford Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Chadds Ford Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Chadds Ford Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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