Population of haverford township9/16/2023 Nitre Hall Powder Mills was in operation before 1810 and provided gunpowder for the War of 1812. The first three families arrived in Haverford Township in 1682. Haverford Township was founded by Welsh Quakers in 1681 from land purchased by William Penn. The initial 2010 US Census population was 48,491. The unincorporated "town" of Havertown lies wholly within Haverford Township. Haverford Township contains portions of the communities of Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, Drexel Hill, and Wynnewood. Despite being under a home rule charter since 1977, it continues to operate under a Board of Commissioners divided into wards, as do "First Class" townships that are still under the Pennsylvania Township Code. It maintains its legal name as the Township of Haverford, presumably for historic reasons. Haverford Township (named after the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK) is a home rule township in Delaware County, near Philadelphia, in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States.
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