West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

39°53′46″N 75°58′12″W / 39.89611°N 75.97000°W / 39.89611; -75.97000CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyChesterArea • Total18.25 sq mi (47.27 km²) • Land18.15 sq mi (47.01 km²) • Water0.10 sq mi (0.27 km²)Elevation463 ft (141 m)Population • Total2,566 • Estimate 2,588 • Density142.60/sq mi (55.06/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code(s)610FIPS code42-029-82936

West Fallowfield Township is a township that is located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,566 at the time of the 2010 census. The township includes the unincorporated village of Cochranville.

Three locations in the township, Bridge in West Fallowfield Township, Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge, and Joseph and Esther Phillips Plantation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.1 square miles (47 km²), all land.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1930	801		—
1940	931		16.2%
1950	1,069		14.8%
1960	1,425		33.3%
1970	1,694		18.9%
1980	2,122		25.3%
1990	2,342		10.4%
2000	2,485		6.1%
2010	2,566		3.3%
2020	2,459		−4.2%
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As of the 2010 census, the township was 89.7% non-Hispanic White, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian, and 1.6% were two or more races. 6.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.^[5]

As of 2020, there were 56.46 miles (90.86 km) of public roads in West Fallowfield Township, of which 8.32 miles (13.39 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 48.14 miles (77.47 km) were maintained by the township.^[6]

Pennsylvania Route 10 and Pennsylvania Route 41 are the numbered roads serving West Fallowfield Township. PA 10 follows Limestone Road along a north-south alignment across the southeastern corner of the township. PA 41 follows Gap Newport Pike along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern and eastern parts of the township.

• Robert Futhey (1789–1870), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives^[7]
• Robert E. Monaghan (1822-1895), Pennsylvania State Representative

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