New Garden Township | |
|---|---|
 Merestone, a historic estate in the township | |
 Location of New Garden Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania and of Chester County in Pennsylvania | |
.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′08″N 75°46′01″W / 39.83556°N 75.76694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Chester |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.29 sq mi (42.18 km2) |
| • Land | 16.11 sq mi (41.73 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2) |
| Elevation | 472 ft (144 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,363 |
| • Density | 700/sq mi (270/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-029-53608 |
| Website | www |
New Garden Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, which was organized in 1714. The population was 11,363 at the 2020 census.[2]
New Garden is the center of the mushroom agribusiness in southeastern Pennsylvania with a higher concentration of composting, mushroom growing, packaging, and shipping businesses than in any other municipality in the area. It was named for the New Garden Friends' Meeting House, an eighteenth-century brick house of worship of the Religious Society of Friends, within its territorial limits.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 13, 2017.
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