Haverford is an unincorporated community located in both Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, and Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) opened Haverford Station in 1880 on their Main Line west out of Broad Street Station (now Suburban Station) in Philadelphia. Haverford sits at milepost 9.17.
Haverford, Pennsylvania | |
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![]() Haverford post office and Haverford Square shopping center | |
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Coordinates: 40°00′47″N 75°17′40″W / 40.01306°N 75.29444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Counties | Delaware/Montgomery |
Townships | Haverford/Lower Merion |
Area | |
• Land | 3.3 sq mi (9 km2) |
Elevation | 318 ft (97 m) |
Population (2010 US Census) | |
• Total | 6,248 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 19083 |
Area codes | 610 and 484 |
GNIS feature ID | 1176657[1] |
Haverford borders the unincorporated portion of Haverford Township called Havertown, as well as the unincorporated communities of Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne, Ardmore, Wynnewood, and a small portion of Broomall.
The Haverford neighborhood name was borrowed from the older entity, Haverford Township (established 1681) to which much of the unincorporated community belongs, as the result of a postal code address change in 1946.[2][3] Haverford Township's namesake is in turn derived from the name of the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK.[4][5]
Today, Haverford is most notable for being the site of Haverford College and one of the United States' oldest country clubs, the Merion Cricket Club.
Major roads in Haverford include Lancaster Avenue (US 30/Lincoln Highway), Montgomery Avenue, Haverford Road, and I-476 (Blue Route).
As of August 2009, the average home price in the Haverford ZIP Code 19041 was $849,000.
Site name | Image | Location | Year Built | Comment | |
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1 | Allgates | Coopertown Rd | 1731 | Former home of Horatio Gates Lloyd | |
2 | Federal School | Haverford-Darby Rd | 1797 | Early schoolhouse | |
3 | Merion Cricket Club | 325 W. Montgomery Avenue | 1865 | Frank Furness designed clubhouse, host of many major tennis, squash, cricket, and golf tournaments | |
4 | Whitehall Apartments | 410 W. Lancaster Avenue | 1925-1926 | Historic apartment building in Mission Revival architecture |