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Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia at the junction of French Creek and the Schuylkill River. It is in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. According to a 2022 estimate, the population was 19,354. [4]
- 138 ft (42 m)
- 19.5K
- Pennsylvania
- Chester
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Black Rock Tunnel (8 F) Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) (6 F) Freedoms Foundation (5 F)
Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker was born in Phoenixville on April 9, 1843, and served as Pennsylvania’s Governor from 1903 to 1907. As governor, he enacted a number of progressive reforms including the creation of the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania State Museum, the Pennsylvania Departments of Health, Highways, and Mines and Fisheries.
Phoenixville evolved from a village in the late 1600s called Manavon which had a population of about 400 people. At that time the area had a large population of Native Americans, the Lenape people, who farmed, hunted, and fished in the Schuylkill River. The Lenape were in the Iroquois covenant chain, the group that met William Penn when he ...
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A gallery of historical photo's from Phoenixville and its surrounding areas.
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We have an extensive collection of old photographs of Phoenix Iron Co., old buildings, streets, homes, schools, and people of Phoenixville, as well as yearbooks from Phoenixville High School, historical artifacts, a Phoenix Steel Column, and over 300 pieces of Etruscan Majolica that was made in Phoenixville.
Pages in category "People from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
