Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania
township in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Uwchlan Township (; Welsh: [ˈɪuxlan], "above the parish") is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The population was 19,161 at the 2020 census.
History
Most of the settlers emigrated from Wales. One of them, David Lloyd, who was a friend of William Penn's, sold large and small lots from the thousands that he owned. Because the land was hilly, the Welshmen call the area Uwchlan (in Welsh pronounced Iwchlan, with the 'ch' sound being the sound made when clearing one's throat) or "Youchland," meaning Upland.
The Lionville Historic District and Uwchlan Meetinghouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
Uwchlan Township is located at 40°02′59″N 75°38′53″W at an elevation of 522 feet (159.1 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 10.4 square miles (27 km2), all land. It contains the census-designated places of Eagleview and Lionville.
Adjacent municipalities
Upper Uwchlan Township (north)
West Pikeland Township (northeast)
Charlestown Township (east)
West Whiteland Township (southeast)
East Caln Township (south)
East Brandywine Township (west)
Demographics
At the 2010 census, the township was 88.8% non-Hispanic White, 2.5% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 5.2% Asian, and 1.4% were two or more races.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania” as township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7903817. VIAF identifies the subject as 145459039. The Library of Congress control number is n83209094. Authority coordinates are 40.050, -75.648. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
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