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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]
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)
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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The immigrants would make Phoenixville their home, establishing churches, social clubs, stores, and communities, some of which still exist today. Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker was born in Phoenixville on April 9, 1843, and served as Pennsylvania’s Governor from 1903 to 1907.
View our historical photo archives, including: architecture, majolica, Phoenix Iron & Steel and more. The Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area has information about genealogy, local history, and an extensive archive of documents, photos and artifacts. The museum contains permanent displays about town history and rotating special exhibits.
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