Delaware

county, Pennsylvania, United States
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Delaware, county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., located southwest of Philadelphia and bounded to the east by Cobbs Creek and to the south by New Jersey and Delaware, the Delaware River constituting the border. Ridley Creek State Park is located on Ridley Creek near Springton Reservoir. In 1682 English Quaker William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania near the confluence of the Delaware River and Chester Creek at the Swedish settlement of Upland, which Penn renamed Chester when he made it the provincial capital. Built by Swedish settlers, the Morton Homestead in Prospect Park is one of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania (c. 1650). ...(100 of 220 words)