[2] Birmingham Township was the site of the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War.

Birmingham Friends Meeting, founded in 1690, is the location of a common grave of both American and British casualties.

[3] The Lenape Bridge, Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School, Brinton's Mill, Edward Brinton House, George Brinton House, Daniel Davis House and Barn, Dilworthtown Historic District, Edgewood, Orthodox Meetinghouse, and Sharpless Homestead are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A small non-contiguous piece of land within the great bend of Brandywine Creek is included in the township.

At the 2010 census, the township was 90.6% non-Hispanic White, 1.4% Black or African American, 5.2% Asian, and 0.8% were two or more races.

US 202 and US 322 follow the Wilmington Pike across the eastern edge of the township along a northwest-southeast alignment.

PA 52 follows Lenape Road across the northwestern corner of the township on a north-south alignment.

Finally, PA 926 follows Street Road across the central portion of the township on a southwest-northeast alignment.