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![]() Click Image to Enlarge Pennsylvania CountiesThere are sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been consolidated since 1854. |
Delaware County, PennsylvaniaDelaware County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for the Delaware River, which in turn had been named for Lord de la Warr, governor of Virginia. Media Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryCreated on September 6, 1789, from
part of Chester County, and named for the Delaware River, which in turn had been
named for Lord de la Warr, governor of Virginia. Media, its county seat since
1850, was incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1850, and named for its central
location in the county. Chester, its original county seat, was the county seat
of Chester County before 1788, and the temporary capital of Pennsylvania,
1681–1682, before Philadelphia was laid out. The county adopted a home rule
charter in May 1975. GeographyDelaware County is roughly diamond- or kite-shaped, with the four sides formed by the Chester County boundary to
the northwest, the boundary with the state of Delaware (a portion of the "Twelve Mile Circle") to the southwest, the
Delaware River (forming the border with the state of New Jersey to the southeast, and the city of Philadelphia and
Montgomery County to the east and northeast. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |