Haverford is an unincorporated community located in both Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, and Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) opened Haverford Station in 1880 on their Main Line west out of Broad Street Station in Philadelphia. Haverford sits at milepost 9.17.
Haverford post office and Haverford Square shopping center
Haverford School
Founders Hall, Haverford College.
Dolobran (Clement A. Griscom mansion), Laurel Lane (1881), designed by Frank Furness
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Haverford Township is a home rule municipality township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Haverford is named after the town of Haverfordwest in Wales. It is a commuting suburb located due west of Philadelphia and is officially known as the Township of Haverford. 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. Haverford Township was founded in 1682 and incorporated in 1911.
Darby Creek in Haverford Township
Lawrence Cabin
Federal School, built in 1797
Pont Reading's earliest section, c. 1683