Elwyn, Pennsylvania
| Elwyn, Pennsylvania | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Elwyn Location within the state of Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′28″N 75°24′37″W / 39.90778°N 75.41028°WCoordinates: 39°54′28″N 75°24′37″W / 39.90778°N 75.41028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Delaware |
| Township | Middletown |
| Elevation | 253 ft (77 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 19063 |
| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 |
Elwyn is an unincorporated community in the Philadelphia-Camden metropolitan area. Elwyn is in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. Middletown Township had a population of 16,000 in the 2000 census. Elwyn has a latitude of 39.907N, longitude of -75.41W and an elevation of 253 feet above sea level.
Elwyn is home to Elwyn Inc., a facility caring for the needs of the developmentally disabled and disadvantaged.
Elwyn is named for Dr. Alfred L. Elwyn, a physician who founded The Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-minded Children in 1854 with teacher James B. Richards.[1]
See also
- Media Area
- Elwyn Nicholson, Louisiana businessman and politician
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
- ↑ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PDF). Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. pp. 625–628. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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