Strasburg Road was an early road in Pennsylvania connecting Philadelphia to Strasburg in Lancaster County. The route was surveyed by John Sellers and others in 1772-3 under the colonial administration of Governor Richard Penn and completed under the new administration of the independent state of Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] The route started at the "second ferry" on the Schuylkill River, today's Market Street in Philadelphia, and went through West Chester, East Fallowfield Township, and Gap, before ending in Strasburg.[4] Earlier roads travelled much the same route, including a Native American path in use as early as 1620.
- ^ Futhey, John Smith (1881). History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: with genealogical and biographical sketches, Volume 2. p. 782., p.719
- ^ Harris, Alexander (1872). A biographical history of Lancaster County ...:. E. Barr & Co. p. 638.
- ^ Smith, George (1862). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: from the discovery ... Media, PA: H.B. Ashmead. p. 581.
- ^ Harris, pp. 212, 367