Havertown is a residential suburban unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

[1] Before then, each constituent community was known by its local name: Bon Air, Brookline, Penfield, Beechwood, Llanerch, Manoa, Oakmont, Coopertown, and Ardmore.

The Grange Estate entertained the Revolutionary War figures George Washington and General Lafayette.

Nitre Hall, along Karakung (Cobb's) Creek, supplied the United States with over 800,000 pounds of gunpowder during the War of 1812.

Leedom Hall[3] was the probable home of William Howell, the founder of Haverford Mills, which date from 1688.

[4] Other Havertown sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places include the Federal School and Lawrence Cabin.

The railroads and planned communities Prior to the First World War Haverford was a township of extensive farms.

Property maps in 1862 indicate that the landowners were descendants of the same families that arrived with William Penn: among them, the Lawrences, the Ellises, the Humphreys and the Lewises.

A commercial rail line, now removed, served Boyle Fuel, Lobb Lumber and the Swell Bubble Gum factory up until the 1960s (see map).

Llanerch, situated at the intersection of West Chester Pike and Darby Road, was the first planned community of Haverford Township.

On Earlington Road, to the side of the Boulevard's far end, the Brookline School (1913) met educational needs.

The Red Arrow Trolley line #103 ran from Ardmore down Darby Road, then on to West Chester Pike to 69th and Market Streets, thus offering commuters quick access to the city.

The tracks which divided Darby Road were lined with fences of early blooming red roses.

At the far end of Brookline Boulevard commuters found the services of the P&W, The Philadelphia and Western high-speed line, an electric train system that even today is one of the most rapid.

The arrival of the Irish in Haverford Township occurred in three phases: the 19th-century mill era, the early 20th-century railroad communities, and the post-World War II suburban housing tracts.

In 1822, mindful of duty to community and faith, Kelly bought and donated land opposite the Friends' Meeting House on the hilltop above the mills for the construction of the first Catholic church.

The third and largest phase of the Irish move came with the large brick house tract developments of Beechwood, Chatham Park and Manoa.

Proceeds from the 2011 Music Festival were given to the Haverford Partnership for Economic Development for Oakmont Business District Beautification.

[19] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked the site the eighth worst cleanup project in the United States[20] and initiated remediation efforts in 1976.

[19] The site was deemed to be "short-term protective of human health and the environment" in the sixth five-year report conducted by the EPA in 2020.