West Grove is a borough in Chester County , Pennsylvania , United States. The population was 2,775 at the 2020 census .
126-686: U.S. Route 1 ( US 1 ) is a major north–south U.S. Route , extending from Key West, Florida , in the south to Fort Kent, Maine , at the Canada–United States border in the north. In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania , US 1 runs for 81 miles (130 km) from the Maryland state line near Nottingham northeast to the New Jersey state line at the Delaware River in Morrisville , through
252-708: A bridge over SEPTA's Main Line and CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision north of SEPTA's Roberts Yard and south of Wayne Junction station serving the SEPTA line. The route continues along the bridge over urban neighborhoods before it descends into a cut as a four-lane freeway, with a northbound exit and southbound entrance serving PA 611 ( Broad Street ), provided via frontage roads (St. Lukes Street northbound and Cayuga Street southbound). The freeway passes under PA 611 (Broad Street), which also carries SEPTA's Broad Street Line subway. Past this interchange, US 1 comes to
378-581: A cloverleaf interchange with I-295 . Past the I-295 interchange, US 1 heads east and runs to the north of an industrial park. The route becomes the border between Lower Makefield Township to the north and Falls Township to the south and comes to a diamond interchange with Oxford Valley Road, which heads south to provide access to the Oxford Valley Mall and the Sesame Place amusement park. From here,
504-626: A concurrency along Baltimore Pike, running past more commercial establishments in Concord Township . In Concordville , US 322 splits to the southeast and US 1 continues along Baltimore Pike, intersecting Concord Road before heading into more wooded areas with occasional businesses and crossing the West Branch Chester Creek . The route curves to the east and enters the borough of Chester Heights , running past businesses before heading into forested areas, where it passes north of
630-454: A diamond interchange at PA 796 north of the community of Jennersville . The route passes through a mix of fields, woods, and residential development as it continues east into London Grove Township and crosses Middle Branch White Clay Creek before it comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange at PA 841 north of the borough of West Grove . US 1 curves northeast and reaches a diamond interchange serving PA 41 northwest of
756-445: A diamond interchange with PA 320 , with the southbound exit providing access to the shopping center. The road continues into residential areas and becomes North State Road upon crossing Springfield Road. US 1 curves northeast and crosses Darby Creek into Upper Darby Township , where it heads into business areas. State Road splits to the northeast and the route becomes Township Line Road, which heads north into Drexel Hill as
882-471: A four-lane undivided road through residential neighborhoods. The road passes commercial development and curves to the northeast, forming the border between Haverford Township to the northwest and Upper Darby Township to the southeast. US 1 continues past homes as it heads through Drexel Hill, crossing Drexel Avenue and passing to the southeast of the Llanerch Country Club . The route heads into
1008-534: A golf course. The route passes over SEPTA's Norristown High Speed Line south of Township Line Road station before it comes to a bridge over Cobbs Creek . Upon crossing Cobbs Creek, US 1 runs along the border between Haverford Township in Delaware County to the northwest and the city of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County to the southeast, passing between homes to the northwest and a golf course to
1134-658: A month after the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis . In 1982, the city of Key West briefly asserted independence as the Conch Republic as a protest over a United States Border Patrol blockade . This blockade was set up on US 1 , where the northern end of the Overseas Highway meets the mainland at Florida City . A traffic jam of 17 miles (27 km) ensued while the Border Patrol stopped every car leaving
1260-480: A partial cloverleaf interchange at PA 213 . The route passes near residential and commercial development before it heads through wooded areas and bends to the east-northeast, crossing Mill Creek . The freeway passes over the West Trenton Line and Trenton Subdivision south of Woodbourne station on the West Trenton Line before it comes to a bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway's Morrisville Line and reaches
1386-773: A politician from Oxford that served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives and pushed for the construction of the US ;1 freeway in Chester County. On January 19, 2012, the section of US 1 in Bucks County between Philadelphia and the Delaware River was designated the Detective Christopher Jones Memorial Highway after a Middletown Township police officer who
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#17328453098861512-466: A shopping center to the northeast and Friends Hospital to the southwest. The boulevard curves to the northeast again at a junction with Adams and Summerdale avenues, passing near rowhouses before reaching Oxford Circle . At this point, the local lanes pass through Oxford Circle, a traffic circle at Cheltenham Avenue , Castor Avenue, and the southern terminus of PA 232 , which runs along Oxford Avenue. The express lanes pass under Oxford Circle. Past
1638-666: A slow decline in the cigar industry in Key West. Still, Key West remained the largest and wealthiest city in Florida at the end of the 1880s. USS Maine sailed from Key West on her fateful visit to Havana, where she blew up and sank in Havana Harbor , igniting the Spanish–American War . Crewmen from the ship are buried in Key West, and the Navy investigation into the blast occurred at
1764-496: A southbound exit and northbound entrance at State Road. Following this, US 1 crosses Crum Creek into Marple Township and comes to a three-level diamond interchange at I-476 . Past the I-476 interchange, US 1 continues east and heads into business areas, where the freeway ends and the route becomes four-lane divided South State Road, passing south of a shopping center. The route crosses into Springfield Township and reaches
1890-541: A southbound exit and northbound entrance with US 13 (Roosevelt Boulevard) north of the Hunting Park neighborhood, where the Roosevelt Expressway ends. At this point, US 1 becomes concurrent with US 13 on Roosevelt Boulevard, a wide boulevard with local–express lanes that has 12 lanes total in a 3–3–3–3 configuration. Along Roosevelt Boulevard, access between the inner and outer carriageways
2016-643: A southbound toll plaza before it passes over the CSAO line and the Delaware River on the Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge , where it leaves Pennsylvania for New Jersey and heads into the city of Trenton . In Chester County, before the US 1 expressway was built there, US 1 continued up the Baltimore Pike (which now has a dead-end section in Nottingham where northbound US 1 veers away from
2142-583: A two-lane undivided road that soon widens into a four-lane divided highway . The road curves north and runs through fields and woods with some development, becoming a four-lane freeway that is called the Kennett–Oxford Bypass and dedicated as the John H. Ware III Memorial Highway. The route runs through rural land with some nearby homes and commercial development, coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange with Pennsylvania Route 272 (PA 272) west of
2268-465: Is a northbound exit and southbound entrance that also features a U-turn ramp from northbound US 1 to southbound US 1. US 1 runs through wooded areas with some nearby homes and crosses Ridley Creek into Upper Providence Township . The freeway continues northeast before it curves to the east and comes to a diamond interchange at PA 252 in the community of Rose Tree . The route runs through more wooded areas with some homes and reaches
2394-458: Is about 8 feet (2.4 m) and the maximum elevation is about 18 feet (5.5 m), within a 1-acre (0-hectare) area known as Solares Hill . The city of Key West is the southernmost city in the contiguous United States , and the island is the westernmost island connected by highway in the Florida Keys . The city boundaries include the island of Key West and several nearby islands, as well as
2520-510: Is approximately 95 miles (153 km) north of Cuba at their closest points, and 106 miles (171 km) north-northeast of Havana . The city of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County , which includes a majority of the Florida Keys and part of the Everglades . The total land area of the city is 5.6 square miles (14.5 km ). The population within the city limits was 26,444 at
2646-770: Is located at 39°49′18″N 75°49′36″W / 39.82167°N 75.82667°W / 39.82167; -75.82667 (39.821783, -75.826672). According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km ), all land. West Grove is on the boundary between hardiness zones 6b and 7a. [1] The climate is hot-summer humid continental ( Dfa .) As of 2010, there were 8.97 miles (14.44 km) of public roads in West Grove, of which 1.55 miles (2.49 km) were maintained by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 7.42 miles (11.94 km) were maintained by
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#17328453098862772-451: Is provided with narrow crossover ramps immediately between them; for most intersections, left turns are only permitted from the inner pair (or from separate left turn roadways) and right turns only from the outer, and crossing between them is not permitted at the intersections. There are speed cameras along the boulevard and many intersections also have red light cameras . The boulevard continues past urban residential neighborhoods, coming to
2898-639: The 2020 census . The official city motto is "One Human Family". Key West is the southernmost city in the contiguous United States and the westernmost island connected by highway in the Florida Keys . Duval Street , its main street, is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) in length in its 14-block-long crossing from the Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Florida and the Atlantic Ocean. Key West is the southern terminus of U.S. Route 1 – the longest north–south road in
3024-545: The Chester County Democrat reported that thirty new homes were under construction in the village of West Grove. The "Father of West Grove" was Joseph Pyle. Born in Penn Township in 1836, Joseph Pyle opened a general store in 1860 in the brick building that is currently empty. This building was constructed by Pyle and is believed to be the oldest brick structure in the center of town. Joseph Pyle constructed many of
3150-634: The City Avenue Bridges to an interchange with Ridge Avenue , Lincoln Drive , and Kelly Drive and US 1 heads southeast concurrent with I-76 on the Schuylkill Expressway, an eight-lane freeway that fully enters Philadelphia and runs between the West Falls Yard on Norfolk Southern Railway 's Harrisburg Line and the river to the north and wooded areas of Fairmount Park to the south. US 1 splits from I-76 by heading northeast on
3276-518: The Confederate States of America , Key West remained in U.S. Union hands because of the naval base. Most locals were sympathetic to the Confederacy, however, and many flew Confederate flags over their homes. However, Key West was also home to a large free black population. This population grew during the war as more enslaved black people fled from their masters and came under the relative safety of
3402-913: The Delaware River the Calhoun Street Bridge , running along Trenton Avenue to Fallsington . In 1920, it was moved to the Lower Trenton Bridge , passing through downtown Morrisville. On November 21, 1988, an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly designated the portion of US 1 in Bucks County between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the New Jersey border as the Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. On June 14, 2000,
3528-647: The Harry S. Truman Little White House , where he would spend 175 days of his presidency. In 1948, Key West suffered damage from two hurricanes within as many months, from the September 1948 Florida hurricane then the 1948 Miami hurricane . Prior to the Cuban revolution of 1959, there were regular ferry and airplane services between Key West and Havana. John F. Kennedy was to use "90 miles from Cuba" extensively in his speeches against Fidel Castro . Kennedy himself visited Key West
3654-572: The Key West Gazette , its predecessor. He later sent those copies to the Monroe County clerk for preservation, which gives us a view of life in Key West in the early days (1820–1840). In the 1830s, Key West was the richest city per capita in the United States. In 1846, the city suffered severely from the 1846 Havana hurricane . In 1852 the first Catholic Church, St. Mary's Star-Of-The-Sea,
3780-541: The Lancaster Turnpike , where the Lincoln Highway headed west along US 30 , the Lincoln Highway originally headed east along Market Street to Penn Square around Philadelphia City Hall , where it turned north onto Broad Street . (Prior to the building of Roosevelt Boulevard, the main road followed Frankford Avenue to Bustleton Avenue from Center City .) A bypass was added around Center City (in addition to
3906-563: The Mayfair neighborhood. The route comes to an interchange with PA 73 (Cottman Avenue), where the local lanes intersect PA 73 while the express lanes pass under it. Ramps provide access from the express lanes to the local lanes prior to the PA ;73 junction in each direction. Past here, US 1 passes to the southeast of Roosevelt Mall before it curves north and runs near more residential and commercial development. The boulevard turns to
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4032-582: The Schuylkill River Trail ; the Schuylkill River; Kelly Drive; and Ridge Avenue. From here, the freeway heads into the East Falls neighborhood and passes near urban residential and commercial development, coming to a southbound exit and northbound entrance serving Ridge Avenue and Kelly Drive. US 1 crosses under SEPTA's Manayunk/Norristown Line and continues through developed areas, heading to
4158-599: The Southernmost House and the Fogarty Mansion , built by the children of William Curry—his daughter Florida and son Charles, respectively. In addition to architecture, Old Town includes the Key West Cemetery , founded in 1847, containing above-ground tombs, notable epitaphs, and a plot where some of the dead from the 1898 explosion of USS Maine are buried. The Casa Marina area takes its name from
4284-516: The United States Navy West Indies Anti- Pirate Squadron took charge of Key West, which he ruled as military dictator under martial law . The United States Navy gave Porter the mission of countering piracy and the slave trade in the Key West area. Soon after his purchase, John Simonton subdivided the island into plots and sold three undivided quarters of each plot to: Simonton spent the winter in Key West and
4410-679: The White Street Gallery District , is exclusively residential. Many of the structures in Old Town date from 1886 to 1912. The basic features that distinguish the local architecture include wood-frame construction of one- to two-and-a-half-story structures set on foundation piers about three feet (one meter) above the ground. Exterior characteristics of the buildings are peaked metal roofs, horizontal wood siding, gingerbread trim , pastel shades of paint, side-hinged louvered shutters, covered porches (or balconies, galleries, or verandas) along
4536-618: The 1923 Langhorne bypass and in 1938 to Bellevue Avenue ( PA 413 ) in downtown Langhorne. From near Hornig Road in Northeast Philadelphia , the old alignment heads through woods, closed to traffic, paralleling powerlines, after which it was upgraded on the spot to become Roosevelt Boulevard. The original route is then gated at an 1805 stone bridge across Poquessing Creek at the Philadelphia city line, just before crossing Roosevelt Boulevard. After crossing Street Road ( PA 132 ),
4662-569: The 2nd United States Colored Troops (USCT) arrived in Key West as replacements for the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Many of these men would see action in southern Florida and the 2nd USCT would become "one of the most active" black regiments in Florida. Fort Jefferson , located about 68 miles (109 km) from Key West on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas , served after the Civil War as the prison for Samuel A. Mudd , convicted of conspiracy for setting
4788-516: The 5th Street junction, where the local lanes intersect the street at-grade and the express lanes pass over the street on a bridge. US 1/US 13 continues east and passes through the Feltonville neighborhood, where it intersects Rising Sun Avenue, before it crosses Tacony Creek . At this point, Roosevelt Boulevard continues into Northeast Philadelphia and curves to the southeast at an intersection with Adams and Whitaker avenues, passing between
4914-615: The American claim on Key West, so the Florida Keys became the de facto property of the United States. After claiming the Florida Keys for the United States, Perry renamed Cayo Hueso (Key West) to Thompson's Island for Secretary of the Navy Smith Thompson , and the harbor Port Rodgers in honor of War of 1812 hero and President of the Navy Supervisors Board John Rodgers . In 1823, Commodore David Porter of
5040-438: The Baltimore Pike alignment onto the expressway). In Oxford, US 1 northbound ran on South 3rd Street, then turned right on Market Street ( PA 472 ) (North 3rd Street is the beginning of PA 10 ), then very quickly turned left onto Lincoln Street, and, after leaving Oxford, the road ran by Lincoln University . Approaching Avondale, the Baltimore Pike traffic bent southeast along Pennsylvania Avenue ( PA 41 ), then
5166-408: The Baltimore Pike split off after Avondale. In the town of Kennett Square, northbound US 1 ran along Cypress Street while southbound US 1 ran along State Street, and those streets were marked east to west, not north to south. After Kennett Square, the US 1 expressway ends and its traffic merges onto the Baltimore Pike. Except for the southernmost part of the Baltimore Pike at Nottingham,
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5292-623: The Belmont Reservoir. US 1 becomes a four-lane divided highway and heads past businesses and office buildings, passing between the former WCAU studios to the northwest and the WPVI-TV studios to the southeast prior to the Monument Road intersection. US 1 comes to an interchange with I-76 ( Schuylkill Expressway ), at which point City Avenue heads across the Schuylkill River on
5418-713: The Casa Marina Hotel, opened in 1921, the neighborhood's most conspicuous landmark. The Reynolds Street Pier, Higgs Beach, the West Martello Tower , the White Street Pier, and Rest Beach line the waterfront. West Grove, Pennsylvania The village of West Grove derived its name from the Friends Meeting House on Harmony Road built in 1787 several miles west of the Friends Meeting House in
5544-646: The Chester County part of old US 1 is still driveable. There is the deadend mentioned above; also, a small part of the Baltimore Pike is permanently blocked by the Herr's Snacks company property. Between Philadelphia and Trenton , US 1 is a part of the Lincoln Highway , a cross-country auto trail that ran from San Francisco east to New York City . It was also a part of the Byberry and Bensalem Turnpike between Oakford ( Neshaminy Creek ) and Philadelphia. From
5670-400: The Civil War. Another landmark built by the federal government is the Key West Lighthouse , now a museum. Two of the most notable buildings in Old Town , occupied by prominent 20th-century residents, are the Ernest Hemingway House , where the writer lived from 1931 to 1939, and the Harry S. Truman Little White House , where the president spent 175 days of his time in office. Additionally,
5796-451: The Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Florida and the Atlantic Ocean. Key West is closer to Havana (about 106 miles or 171 kilometers by air or sea) than it is to Miami (130 miles or 210 kilometers by air or 165 miles or 266 kilometers by road). Key West is the usual endpoint for marathon swims from Cuba, including Diana Nyad 's 2013 swim and Susie Maroney 's 1997 swim from within a shark cage. The earliest Key West neighborhoods, on
5922-505: The Key West Customs House. In October 1909, Key West was devastated by the 1909 Florida Keys hurricane . Further damage was suffered the following year in the 1910 Cuba hurricane . Key West was relatively isolated until 1912, when it was connected to the Florida mainland via the Overseas Railway extension of Henry M. Flagler 's Florida East Coast Railway (FEC). Flagler created a landfill at Trumbo Point for his railyards. The 1919 Florida Keys hurricane caused catastrophic damage to
6048-427: The Keys for concealment. In 1766 the British governor of East Florida recommended that a post be set up on Key West to improve control of the area, but nothing came of it. During both the British and Spanish periods no nation exercised de facto control. The Bahamians apparently set up camps in the Keys that were occupied for months at a time, and there were rumors of permanent settlements in the Keys by 1806 or 1807, but
6174-414: The Keys is called the Overseas Highway . Franklin Roosevelt toured the road in 1939. During World War II , more than 14,000 ships came through the island's harbor. The population, because of an influx of soldiers, sailors, laborers, and tourists, sometimes doubled or even tripled at times during the war. Starting in 1946, US President Harry S. Truman established a working vacation home in Key West,
6300-456: The Keys, supposedly searching for illegal immigrants attempting to enter the mainland United States. This paralyzed the Florida Keys, which rely heavily on the tourism industry. Flags, T-shirts and other merchandise representing the Conch Republic are still popular souvenirs for visitors to Key West, and the Conch Republic Independence Celebration—including parades and parties—is celebrated annually, on April 23. In 1998, Hurricane Georges damaged
6426-471: The Lower Merion Township community of Bala Cynwyd to the northwest and the Philadelphia neighborhood of Wynnefield to the southeast. The route comes to a bridge over SEPTA's Cynwyd Line south of Bala station before it reaches an intersection with the eastern terminus of PA 23 and Conshohocken Avenue. The road passes more commercial development as it heads southeast of the Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center and crosses Belmont Avenue, where it passes north of
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#17328453098866552-484: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Highway and passes near several businesses before coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange with Rockhill Drive, which provides access to the Neshaminy Mall to the east of the road. The Rockhill Drive interchange includes a direct ramp from Neshaminy Mall to northbound US 1. The route passes between an office park to the west and the shopping mall to the east before it heads into wooded areas and crosses Neshaminy Creek . Upon crossing
6678-416: The Old Lincoln Highway then becomes one-way southbound past the Bristol Road intersection and crosses the Neshaminy Creek. (This bridge itself was built in 1921 to replace a covered bridge just to the west.) The present route of Lincoln Highway and US 1 Bus. was built in 1923, bypassing Langhorne to the south and avoiding two railroad crossings. This crosses under the US 1 freeway just south of
6804-469: The Overseas Railway and killed hundreds of residents, including around 400 World War I veterans who were living in camps and working on federal road and mosquito-control projects in the Middle Keys. The FEC could not afford to restore the railroad. The U.S. government then rebuilt the rail route as an automobile highway, completed in 1938, built atop many of the footings of the railroad. It became an extension of U.S. Route 1 . The portion of U.S. 1 through
6930-427: The PA 132 and Pennsylvania Turnpike interchanges, and rebuilt bridges. It was completed in December 2022. On March 22, 2021, construction began to rebuild and widen US 1 between Rockhill Drive in Bensalem Township and north of the US 1 Bus. interchange in Middletown Township, with completion expected in mid-2026. Key West, Florida Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida , within
7056-430: The Roosevelt Boulevard portion of US 1 was designated the police officer Daniel Faulkner Memorial Highway in memory of Daniel Faulkner , an officer of the Philadelphia Police Department who was murdered by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981. On May 31, 2002, the US 1 freeway in Chester County between the Maryland border and Kennett Square was designated the John H. Ware III Memorial Highway in honor of John H. Ware III ,
7182-401: The Roosevelt Expressway, a six-lane freeway. Immediately after the split, the route heads onto the Twin Bridges , which carry the route over Norfolk Southern Railway's Harrisburg Line, a wye connection between the Harrisburg Line and CSX Transportation 's Trenton Subdivision railroad line that uses the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct ; Martin Luther King Jr. Drive;
7308-477: The U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key , Fleming Key , Sunset Key , and the northern part of Stock Island , it constitutes the City of Key West . The island of Key West is about 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a total land area of 4.2 square miles (11 km ). Within Florida, it is 130 miles (210 km) southwest of Miami by air, about 165 miles (266 km) by road. Key West
7434-405: The Union garrison there. Fort Zachary Taylor , constructed from 1845 to 1866, was an important Key West outpost during the Civil War. Construction began in 1861 on two other forts, East and West Martello Towers, which served as side armories and batteries for the larger fort. When completed, they were connected to Fort Taylor by railroad tracks for movement of munitions. Early in 1864, 900 men from
7560-400: The United States, as well as State Road A1A , the East Coast Greenway and, before 1935, the Florida East Coast Railway . Key West is a port of call for passenger cruise ships . The Key West International Airport provides airline service. Naval Air Station Key West is an important year-round training site for naval aviation due to the tropical weather, which is also the reason Key West
7686-409: The West Grove Post Office was the second largest in Chester County, mostly due to the volume of nursery products shipped by Dingee & Conard. Located near the borough of West Grove is the Red Rose Inn, which was established in 1740. William Penn originally granted land for the inn subject to an annual rent payment of one red rose. The inn was subsequently renamed in honor of this event. West Grove
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#17328453098867812-476: The area. On December 25, 1921, Manuel Cabeza was lynched by members of the Ku Klux Klan for living with a black woman. Pan American Airlines was founded in Key West, originally to fly visitors to Havana, in 1926. The airline contracted with the United States Postal Service in 1927 to deliver mail to and from Cuba and the United States. The mail route was known as the Key West, Florida – Havana Mail Route . The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 destroyed much of
7938-438: The borough of Avondale . The freeway continues through rural land with some development and bends to the east, crossing the East Branch White Clay Creek , heading into New Garden Township , and coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange at Newark Road north of the community of Toughkenamon . The route heads through wooded areas with some nearby residential development and crosses West Branch Red Clay Creek before it skirts into
8064-511: The borough. Pennsylvania Route 841 is the only numbered highway directly serving West Grove. It follows a north-south alignment through the eastern part of the borough via Prospect Avenue, Evergreen Street and Chatham Road. U.S. Route 1 (which runs from Key West, Florida to Fort Kent, Maine ) bypasses the borough to the north. At the 2010 census, the borough was 56.7% non-Hispanic White, 6.0% Black or African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.8% Asian, and 2.5% were two or more races. 35.2% of
8190-437: The boulevard heads northeast through areas of businesses and industrial parks. After intersecting Byberry Road, the concurrency with PA 63 ends at an unfinished cloverleaf interchange with Woodhaven Road, where PA 63 heads southeast onto the Woodhaven Road freeway. US 1 continues northeast past industrial parks, intersecting Southampton Road, before it passes to the west of Benjamin Rush State Park . At this point,
8316-419: The broken leg of John Wilkes Booth , the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln . In the 19th century, major industries included wrecking , fishing , turtling , and salt manufacturing. From 1830 to 1861, Key West was a major center of U.S. salt production, harvesting the commodity from the sea (via receding tidal pools) rather than from salt mines. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Union troops shut down
8442-462: The circle, Roosevelt Boulevard continues east-northeast through residential areas. The road crosses Bustleton Avenue and US 13 splits from US 1 by heading southeast on the one-way pair of Robbins Street northbound and Levick Street southbound, while US 1 continues northeast along Roosevelt Boulevard past urban homes and businesses. The boulevard bends to the northeast after crossing Harbison Avenue and continues through developed areas in
8568-447: The city boundaries. Both Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park are part of Naval Air Station Key West and are inaccessible to the general public. In the late 1950s, many of the large salt ponds on the eastern side of the island were filled in. The new section on the eastern side is called New Town, which contains shopping centers, retail malls, residential areas, schools, ball parks , and Key West International Airport . Key West and most of
8694-417: The city from Cuba, and Key West quickly became a major producer of cigars. The Great Fire of Key West , on April 1, 1886, started at a coffee shop next to the San Carlos Institute and spread out of control, destroyed 18 cigar factories and 614 houses and government warehouses. Some factory owners chose not to rebuild and instead moved their operations to the new community of Ybor City in Tampa , leading to
8820-486: The city of Wilmington, Delaware . The route turns to the northeast and crosses into Pennsbury Township , where the official name becomes Baltimore Pike. The road curves to the east again and passes through more woodland with some residential and commercial development, crossing an East Penn Railroad line at-grade before heading across the Brandywine Creek . Upon crossing the Brandywine Creek, US 1 continues into Chadds Ford Township in Delaware County and passes to
8946-482: The city. In 2017, Hurricane Irma caused substantial damage with wind and flooding, killing three people. Key West is an island located at 24°33′55″N 81°46′33″W / 24.565176°N 81.775794°W / 24.565176; -81.775794 in the Straits of Florida . The island is about 4 miles (6 km) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a total land area of 4.2 square miles (10.9 km ; 2,688.0 acres). The average elevation above sea level
9072-549: The coming of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad in 1860. On March 28, 1885, the Daily Local News described West Grove as "one of the most flourishing villages in this county" and stated that "it contains some three flouring mills and the largest nursery for rose culture [see below] in the United States (Dinger & Conrad, Co.), a large casket factory (Paxson Comfort) and a large number of dwellings." In May 1885,
9198-588: The commercial buildings along the present-day Exchange Place, including the Roselyn Theater Building in 1867 (torn down in 1980), the National Bank of West Grove building in 1883 and the K&;P Building in 1885. Appointed postmaster of the borough by President Lincoln in 1864, Pyle served twenty-two years. Furthermore, Pyle introduced the manufacture of brick, planned and installed the first public water system,
9324-441: The community of Llanerch , where it gains a center left-turn lane and passes between a shopping center to the northwest and residences to the southeast. The road crosses Naylors Run and Darby Road/Lansdowne Avenue before it reaches an intersection with PA 3 a short distance later. From here, US 1 becomes a four-lane undivided road and continues northeast past residences and a few businesses before passing northwest of
9450-465: The community of Nottingham . From here, US 1 curves to the northeast and continues into East Nottingham Township , passing through a mix of farmland and woodland with some residences. The freeway skirts into the western portion of the borough of Oxford and reaches a diamond interchange with PA 472 that serves the borough. The route runs through more rural areas with some nearby development and enters Lower Oxford Township , where it bends to
9576-494: The corporate headquarters of Wawa . The road turns northeast and crosses the Chester Creek into Middletown Township . The route passes under SEPTA 's West Chester Branch northwest of Wawa station , which serves as the terminus of SEPTA's Media/Wawa Line . US 1 heads through the community of Wawa and continues into commercial areas, coming to an intersection with PA 452 in the community of Lima . Following this,
9702-486: The creek, the freeway heads into Middletown Township and comes to a northbound exit and southbound entrance with the southern terminus of US 1 Business (US 1 Bus.). From here, US 1 passes over CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision and SEPTA's West Trenton Line before it becomes paralleled with frontage roads on each side as it reaches an interchange connecting to Highland Avenue and Old Lincoln Highway, heading near homes and businesses. The route curves to
9828-467: The east-northeast and comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 10 that also provides access to Oxford. US 1 continues through farmfields and woods and crosses the West Branch Big Elk Creek before it heads into Upper Oxford Township , where it has a partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 896 . The freeway crosses Big Elk Creek into Penn Township and heads east to
9954-476: The east-northeast and runs through residential areas, crossing into the borough of Langhorne Manor , where it has a northbound exit and southbound entrance at Hulmeville Avenue. The freeway heads back into Middletown Township again and comes to an interchange providing a connection to PA 413 via South Bellevue and East Gillam avenues. Past this interchange, the frontage roads end and US 1 heads northeast through wooded areas with nearby development, reaching
10080-507: The four-lane divided East Baltimore Pike into East Marlborough Township and passes businesses, widening to six lanes. Along this divided highway stretch of US 1, a few intersections are controlled by jughandles . The road narrows to four lanes and passes near homes and businesses, before coming to an interchange that provides access to Longwood Gardens and the Brandywine Valley Tourism Information visitor center to
10206-489: The freeway curves to the northeast and runs through wooded areas with nearby residential and commercial development, entering the borough of Morrisville . Here, the route comes to a bridge over the Delaware Canal and Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO)'s Penn Warner Lead railroad line before it comes to an interchange with Pennsylvania Avenue that provides access to Morrisville. Past this interchange, US 1 comes to
10332-407: The freeway fully enters Falls Township and runs between woodland to the north and industrial areas to the south, continuing to an interchange with Stony Hill Road and the northern terminus of US 1 Bus. north of the community of Fairless Hills . A short distance later, US 1 comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the northern terminus of the US 13 freeway and Pine Grove Road, where
10458-759: The fronts of the structures, and wood lattice screens covering the area elevated by the piers. Some antebellum structures survive, including the Oldest (or Cussans-Watlington) House (1829–1836) and the John Huling Geiger House (1846–1849), now preserved as the Audubon House and Tropical Gardens . Fortifications such as Fort Zachary Taylor , the East Martello Tower, and the West Martello Tower , helped ensure that Key West would remain in Union control throughout
10584-589: The island. The island was indeed considered the " Gibraltar of the West" because of its strategic location on the 90-mile (140 km)–wide deep shipping lane, the Straits of Florida , between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico . On March 25, 1822, Lt. Commander Matthew C. Perry sailed the schooner USS Shark to Key West and planted the U.S. flag, claiming the Keys as United States property. No protests were made over
10710-626: The local and express lanes merge, and the route becomes a divided highway with three northbound lanes and four southbound lanes that crosses Poquessing Creek . Upon crossing the Poquessing Creek, US 1 leaves Philadelphia and enters Bensalem Township in Bucks County . At this point, the road becomes the Lincoln Highway , heading past businesses and narrowing to six total lanes at the Old Lincoln Highway intersection. Further northeast,
10836-698: The locations are not known. Fishermen from New England started visiting the Keys after the end of the War of 1812 , and may have briefly settled on Key Vaca in 1818. In 1815, the Spanish governor of Cuba in Havana deeded the island of Key West to Juan Pablo Salas, an officer of the Royal Spanish Navy Artillery posted in Saint Augustine, Florida . After Florida was transferred to the United States in 1821, Salas
10962-480: The names used remained mostly intact and are still in use today. Duval Street, the island's main street, is named after Florida's first territorial governor, William Pope Duval , who served between 1822 and 1834 as the longest-serving governor in Florida's U.S. history. William Whitehead became chief editorial writer for the Enquirer , a local newspaper, in 1834. He preserved copies of his newspaper as well as copies from
11088-613: The north of the Brandywine Museum of Art . The route heads into the community of Chadds Ford and comes to an offset intersection with Creek Road in a commercial area. The road continues through wooded areas with some development, passing to the south of Brandywine Battlefield . The route curves northeast and heads into areas of businesses, intersecting US 202 / US 322 in Painters Crossing . Here, US 322 heads north along US 202 and turns east to join US 1 in
11214-464: The north of the road, at which point it crosses back into Kennett Township. A short distance later, US 1 comes to an intersection with PA 52 , at which point that route heads onto the East Baltimore Pike concurrent with US 1. The road heads into wooded areas with some homes and businesses, at which point PA 52 splits in the community of Hamorton to continue southeast toward
11340-510: The northeast and heads east of the Rhawnhurst neighborhood, crossing Rhawn Street before reaching an interchange with Solly Avenue/Holme Avenue at the former Pennypack Circle, where the local lanes intersect Solly Avenue/Holme Avenue while the express lanes head under the street. Following the interchange, the route runs to the west of Nazareth Hospital before it heads into wooded areas of Pennypack Park , where it passes over Pennypack Creek and
11466-402: The northwest and a shopping center to the southeast before it passes northwest of Northeast Philadelphia Airport and heads past more commercial establishments, running parallel to an East Penn Railroad line to the east of the road. After this, the road comes to an intersection with PA 63 at Red Lion Road. At this point, PA 63 becomes concurrent with US 1 on Roosevelt Boulevard, and
11592-575: The original road crossed the Pennsylvania Railroad 's Trenton Cutoff on a bridge just east of the present bridge, built on a reverse curve to shorten the span. It used Trenton Road and Main Street from the bridge to the intersection with Woolston, where Main Street is now cut. In 1917, an underpass under the railroad was built to the west on Woolston Drive; this became the main route by 1924. It then headed toward Morrisville , where it first crossed
11718-425: The parallel Pennypack Trail. After passing through the park, US 1 heads through residential areas, before running past businesses and coming to an intersection with the southern terminus of PA 532 at Welsh Road. The boulevard becomes lined with more commercial development and crosses Grant Avenue, which provides access to Northeast Philadelphia Airport . The route runs between a residential neighborhood to
11844-554: The population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry [2] . As of the census of 2000, there were 2,652 people, 864 households, and 679 families residing in the borough. The population density was 4,177.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,613.0/km ). There were 889 housing units at an average density of 1,400.4 per square mile (540.7/km ). The racial makeup of the borough was 78.73% White , 8.37% African American , 0.41% Native American , 9.77% from other races , and 2.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.01% of
11970-407: The population. Of the borough's 864 households, 45.3% included children under the age of 18, 59.4% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 16.7% of all households consisted of solo individuals, and 6.7% of those living alone were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size
12096-414: The railroad, where the older route had crossed the railroad. From Oakford, the Old Lincoln Highway heads northeast, no longer crossing SEPTA 's West Trenton Line , as the US 1 freeway crosses just to the east. It then headed onto Maple Avenue ( PA 213 ) to pass through Langhorne. Past Langhorne, the original route used what is presently known as Lincoln Highway (US 1 Bus.). At Fallsington,
12222-434: The ramp from southbound US 1 to US 1 Bus. splits from the freeway and also acts as a collector–distributor road for the US 13 interchange. Following this interchange, the route reaches a northbound exit and southbound entrance with the southern terminus of PA 32 . The ramp from southbound PA 32 merges into the collector–distributor road for the US 13 and US 1 Bus. interchanges. At this point,
12348-711: The residences of some historical Key West families are recognized on the National Register of Historic Places as important landmarks of history and culture, including the Porter House on Caroline Street and the Gato House on Virginia Street. Several historical residences of the Curry family remain extant, including the Benjamin Curry House, built by the brother of Florida's first millionaire, William Curry, as well as
12474-468: The rest of the Florida Keys are on the dividing line between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico . The two bodies have different currents, with the calmer and warmer Gulf of Mexico being characterized by great clumps of seagrass . The shallow passage known as Hawk Channel lies directly south of the island and is conducive to the exchange of Gulf waters to the Atlantic via tidal currents. The area where
12600-568: The route becomes a freeway before coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 132 . A short distance past PA 132, the road reaches the Bensalem interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike ( I-276 ); this interchange is a double trumpet interchange and also includes a direct ramp from Horizon Boulevard to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Immediately after this interchange, the freeway narrows to four lanes. From here, US 1 becomes
12726-528: The route continues east and passes between the Promenade at Granite Run residential and retail center to the north and Riddle Hospital to the south, coming to an interchange with PA 352 . A short distance later, US 1 splits from Baltimore Pike at an interchange by heading northeast onto the Media Bypass, a four-lane freeway which bypasses the borough of Media to the north. The Baltimore Pike interchange
12852-722: The route of the Lincoln Highway . Several portions of US 1 in Pennsylvania are freeways , including from near the Maryland state line to Kennett Square , the bypass of Media , the concurrency with Interstate 76 (I-76, Schuylkill Expressway ) and the Roosevelt Expressway in Philadelphia, and between Bensalem Township and the New Jersey state line. US 1 enters Pennsylvania from Maryland in West Nottingham Township , Chester County , heading northeast as
12978-441: The route runs between St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to the northwest and residential development to the southeast before it passes over Amtrak 's Keystone Corridor railroad line north of Overbrook station , which serves SEPTA 's Paoli/Thorndale Line . The road continues past mixed residential development before heading through the campus of Saint Joseph's University . US 1 becomes lined with businesses as it passes between
13104-754: The route through Center City) in 1924, using Hunting Park, Ridge , and City avenues. This alignment is now used by US 1, except that Hunting Park and Ridge avenues are now bypassed by the Roosevelt and Schuylkill expressways. From Broad Street, the Lincoln Highway then headed north on the Roosevelt Boulevard. By 1914, the Roosevelt Boulevard was completed to Rhawn Street, and the Lincoln Highway turned off Roosevelt Boulevard there to reach Bustleton Avenue. The old alignment splits from Bustleton Avenue at Haldeman Avenue and then follows Roosevelt Boulevard. (A short piece of Old Bustleton Avenue southwest of Welsh Road
13230-536: The salt industry after Confederate sympathizers smuggled the product into the South. Salt production resumed at the end of the war, but the industry was destroyed by an 1876 hurricane and never recovered, in part because of new salt mines on the mainland. During the Ten Years' War (an unsuccessful Cuban war for independence in the 1860s and 1870s), many Cubans sought refuge in Key West. Several cigar factories relocated to
13356-402: The section of Stock Island north of U.S. Route 1 , on the adjacent key to the east. The total land area of the city is 5.6 square miles (15 km ), with an additional 1.6 square miles (4.1 km ) of surrounding water within the city limits. Sigsbee Park —originally known as Dredgers Key—and Fleming Key , both located to the north, and Sunset Key located to the west are all included in
13482-606: The southeast of Queen Lane Reservoir. The route comes to a southbound exit and entrance that serves Fox and Henry avenues. The freeway passes over SEPTA's Chestnut Hill West Line as it comes to an interchange with Wissahickon Avenue, which also provides access to Germantown Avenue and Hunting Park Avenue, in the Nicetown–Tioga neighborhood. Here, the freeway narrows to two northbound lanes while retaining three southbound lanes. US 1 heads into North Philadelphia and crosses through Fernhill Park before it curves east and comes to
13608-521: The southeast. The route becomes known as City Avenue and colloquially as City Line Avenue and forms the border between Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County to the northwest and the city of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County to the southeast, at which point it continues northeast as a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane past residential areas to the northwest and businesses to
13734-488: The southeast. The road crosses Haverford Road and continues through wooded residential areas, with the suburban community of Penn Wynne to the northwest and the Philadelphia neighborhood of Overbrook to the southeast. Along this stretch, the route crosses West Branch Indian Creek . US 1 passes to the southeast of Lankenau Medical Center before it crosses East Branch Indian Creek and reaches an intersection with US 30 ( Lancaster Avenue ). Past this intersection,
13860-525: The southeastern portion of the state. The route runs southwest to northeast and serves as a major arterial road through the city of Philadelphia and for many of the suburbs in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. South of Philadelphia, the road mostly follows the alignment of the Baltimore Pike . Within Philadelphia, it mostly follows Roosevelt Boulevard . North of Philadelphia, US 1 parallels
13986-466: The southern portion of East Marlborough Township , where it has a diamond interchange with PA 82 north of the borough of Kennett Square . From here, US 1 continues east and enters Kennett Township , where it crosses East Branch Red Clay Creek and passes near more development, coming to the northern terminus of the freeway at a southbound exit and northbound entrance with the Baltimore Pike . At this point, US 1 continues northeast along
14112-516: The summer in Washington, where he lobbied hard for the development of the island and to establish a naval base on the island, both to take advantage of the island's strategic location and to bring law and order to the town. He died in 1854. The names of the four "founding fathers" of modern Key West were given to main arteries of the island when it was first platted in 1829 by William Adee Whitehead , John Whitehead's younger brother. That first plat and
14238-471: The two bodies merge between Key West and Cuba is called the Straits of Florida. The warmest ocean waters anywhere on the United States mainland are found in the Florida Keys in winter, with sea surface temperatures averaging in the 75–77 °F (24–25 °C) range in December through February. Duval Street is the main street in Key West and is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) in length in its 14-block-long crossing from
14364-452: The village of London Grove. West Grove was separated from London Grove Township and became an incorporated borough on November 29, 1893. However, the decree of incorporation was not recorded until January 9, 1894, to prevent confusing the tax accounts of London Grove Township and to eliminate the need for a special borough election. The move for incorporation followed several years of significant growth in West Grove that began to develop with
14490-525: The western part of the island, are broadly known as Old Town . The Key West Historic District includes the major tourist destinations of the island, including Mallory Square , Duval Street, the Truman Annex , and Fort Zachary Taylor . Old Town is where the classic bungalows and guest mansions are found. Bahama Village , southwest of Whitehead Street, features houses, churches, and sites related to its Afro-Bahamian history. The Meadows , lying northeast of
14616-400: Was 3.39. The age distribution of borough residents comprised 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 35.7% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $ 56,875, and
14742-731: Was President of the West Grove Improvement Company which financed the construction of the casket factory in 1885, served on Borough Council and was Burgess (Mayor) from 1900 to 1903. The first election of borough officials was held in the West Grove Hotel on February 20, 1894. John P. Cheyney was elected the first burgess (mayor) in what amounted to a Democratic landslide. The Democrats won every office, including mayor, six school directors, two squires, constable, assessor and tax collector, two assistant assessors, three auditors, town clerk and high constable. The first council meeting
14868-450: Was able to gain clear title to the island. Simonton had wide-ranging business interests in Mobile, Alabama . He bought the island because a friend, John Whitehead, had drawn his attention to the opportunities presented by the island's strategic location. John Whitehead had been stranded in Key West after a shipwreck in 1819 and he had been impressed by the potential offered by the deep harbor of
14994-661: Was built. The year 1864 became a landmark for the church in South Florida when five Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary arrived from Montreal, Canada, and established the first Catholic school in South Florida. At the time it was called Convent of Mary Immaculate. The school is still operating today and is now known as Mary Immaculate Star of the Sea School. During the American Civil War , while Florida seceded and joined
15120-533: Was chosen as the site of President Harry S. Truman 's Winter White House . The central business district is located along Duval Street and includes much of the northwestern corner of the island. At various times before the 19th century, people who were related or subject to the Calusa and the Tequesta inhabited Key West. The last Native American residents of Key West were Calusa refugees who were taken to Cuba when Florida
15246-573: Was held March 6, 1894, in the Library Room on the second floor of the National Bank Building on Exchange Place. The current mayor of West Grove is Stephen B. Black, Republican, who has been in office since August 2000. In 1868 Charles Dingee and Alfred Fellenberg Conard founded the Dingee & Conard Nursery, a commercial grower of fruit trees, roses and other nursery products. In the late 1880s
15372-538: Was killed while conducting a traffic stop along the highway when two cars collided and hit his police car, which struck him. On October 29, 2018, work began on a project to reconstruct and widen the portion of US 1 between Old Lincoln Highway and the Rockhill Drive interchange in Bensalem Township. The project widened US 1 to a six-lane road from PA 132 to north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, upgraded
15498-446: Was so eager to sell the island that he sold it twice – first for a sloop valued at $ 575 to a General John Geddes , a former governor of South Carolina , and then to a U.S. businessman John W. Simonton, during a meeting in a Havana café on January 19, 1822, for the equivalent of $ 2,000 in pesos in 1821. Geddes tried in vain to secure his rights to the property before Simonton who, with the aid of some influential friends in Washington,
15624-574: Was the westernmost Key with a reliable supply of water. Between 1763, when Great Britain took control of Florida from Spain, and 1821, when the United States took possession of Florida from Spain, there were few or no permanent inhabitants anywhere in the Florida Keys. Cubans and Bahamians regularly visited the Keys, the Cubans primarily to fish, while the Bahamians fished, caught turtles, cut hardwood timber, and salvaged wrecks. Smugglers and privateers also used
15750-405: Was transferred from Spain to Great Britain in 1763. Cayo Hueso ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaʝo ˈweso] ) is the original Spanish name for the island of Key West. It literally means "bone cay", cay referring to a low island or reef. It is said that the island was littered with the remains (bones) of prior native inhabitants, who used the isle as a communal graveyard. This island
15876-465: Was used, crossing Pennypack Creek east of the current bridge.) A 1920 extension took the boulevard to Welsh Road, allowing traffic to turn off Bustleton Avenue there (that route is still PA 532 ), and a 1920s extension took it to the intersection with Old Lincoln Highway just north of the Poquessing Creek bridge. North of there, the present US 1 was completed in 1933 to the south end of
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