Web Design in Swarthmore, PA

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Swarthmore is in Delaware County.

Well-Known Places in Swarthmore

Swarthmore College, Scott Arboretum, Benjamin West Birthplace.

About Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

History of Swarthmore

• Swarthmore College was founded in 1864 by members of the Hicksite branch of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) seeking a coeducational institution for their children; the town grew up around the college.

Community Life in Swarthmore

• The Scott Arboretum encompasses the entire Swarthmore College campus as a public living museum with thousands of plant varieties, open daily at no charge.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.swarthmorepa.org, www.swarthmore.edu

More About Swarthmore

Swarthmore was first called Westdale in honor of painter Benjamin West, an early resident, and took its current name after Swarthmore College was founded in 1864.

Quakers settled the land, once home to the Lenape people, in the late 1600s after William Penn granted it to them.

Crum Creek forms the western edge of the borough, and Pennsylvania Route 320 is the only numbered highway that serves it.

Source: en.wikipedia.org