Newlin Township | |
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 Location in Chester County and the state of Pennsylvania. | |
.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′49″N 75°44′25″W / 39.93028°N 75.74028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Chester |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.12 sq mi (31.39 km2) |
| • Land | 11.97 sq mi (31.02 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2) |
| Elevation | 220 ft (70 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,285 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 1,351 |
| • Density | 112.82/sq mi (43.56/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-029-53784 |
Newlin Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,285 at the 2010 census.
Newlin Township was the hometown of explorer Josiah Harlan and Lenape healer Hannah Freeman. William Baldwin, the botanist, was born there on March 29, 1779.[3][4]
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ Howard A. Kelly. 1914. Some American Medical Botanists. The Southworth Company, Publishers: Troy, New York, USA. [1]
- ^ John William Harshberger. 1899. The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work. T.C. Davis and Sons: Philadelphia, PA, USA. [2]