| 词条 | Painters Crossing, Pennsylvania |
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Painters Crossing (or Painter's Crossroads) is a historic area of Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near where U.S. Route 202 and U.S. Route 1 cross.[1] The area is important in connection to the Revolutionary War battle at Brandywine. According to US History.org,
The area of Painter's Crossing is named after Samuel Painter, a Quaker who moved to America in 1682 with William Penn and who purchased a large expanse of land in the area along the Brandywine in 1707 from John Piggott. His descendants lived in the land for many generations afterward. Their history is recorded in the book Descendants of Samuel Painter 1699–1903 by Orrin Chalfort Painter. In the 1930s the WPA Guide to Pennsylvania stated that it had a population of 37 and an altitude of 437 feet.[2] A condominium complex a few hundred feet from this intersection carries the official name "Painter's Crossing." This name is a slightly edited version of the more historical name, "Painter's Crossroads." References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Painters%20Crossroads&state=PA |title=MapQuest Maps - Driving Directions - Map |publisher=Mapquest.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-26}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Federal Writers Project|title=The WPA Guide to Pennsylvania: The Keystone State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7LpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA416#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=October 3, 2015}} New York: Oxford University Press, 1940 External links
2 : Unincorporated communities in Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania |
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