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February 25, 2015
- The Agenda
for the March 2, 2015 Board of Supervisors’ Meeting.
- The Official Minutes
of the January 5, 2015 Board of Supervisors’ Meeting.
- The Official
Minutes of the January 5, 2015 Board of Supervisors’ Reorganization Meeting.
Upcoming Events
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Community
Shredding Event —Saturday May 12, 2015
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CCIU Technical College
(formerly CAT Pickering)
High School Campus |
Of Note...
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A draft version of the Chester County Hazard Mitigation Plan is available at
www.ReadyChesco.org for the public’s review and comments through March 1, 2015. |
- Charlestown Township’s first published Annual Report
is now available for the year 2014.
- Keystone Collections Group, the township tax collector, has released a
requirements summary
for local tax obligations.
- Charlestown township is pleased to announce that in 2013 our Website was awarded
first prize
in the 45th Annual Township Citizen Communication Contest. Thank you Pennsylvania
State Association of Township Supervisors!
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Sign up for the township e-mail notification list.
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Contact Us:
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 507
Devault, PA 19432
Physical Location:
4030 Whitehorse Rd.
Malvern, PA 19355
(610) 240-0326 Phone
(610) 240-0328 Fax
manager@charlestown.pa.us
Directions to Office
FAQs
Meeting Dates, Times & Locations
Township Statistics
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Welcome to Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Our township is about 25 miles
west of Philadelphia and very close to Valley Forge National Historical Park. It is rich in the
history of Pennsylvania. The township is about 12.515 square miles (8,010 acres) in area.
Our Purpose is to supply the most comprehensive information available on our township in an online
format.
The name, Charlestown, honors Charles Pickering, the friend to whom William Penn granted
5,383 acres along the creek where Pickering and his friend John Tinker, believed (mistakenly) that
they had found silver. The two men dug a cave into the side of “Tinker Hill,” thus creating the
first non-Indian residence in the township. Drowned on a voyage back to England before 1700, Pickering
willed his land to sixteen friends. The acreage was combined with that of John Grey and of Penn’s
sister, Margaret Lawther, to become Charlestown Township in the first official survey of 1738. This
included both Schuylkill Township and the Borough of Phoenixville, areas removed from Charlestown
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