Blacksmith and wheelwright shops emerged on the main arteries to service horse and buggy travelers.

Taverns and inns were also opened to accommodate local patrons as well as drovers taking their livestock to the markets in Philadelphia.

During the Revolutionary War, Newtown township was visited several times by foraging parties of the British Army.

On Goshen Road, west of Newtown Square, were the outpost and headquarters of General Potter.

In the Darby Creek area a number of tenement houses were built as well as a general store to service the needs of the mill workers.

As these towns, as well as stops along the way, grew and prospered, mills closed and businesses declined in Newtown Square.

Additions were made to the early simple dwellings as families grew and more living space was required.

Major transportation developments for the Township did not occur until the mid-1890s, when trolley service was opened to Newtown Square.

Before this time, railroad lines had been proposed, but due to a series of reorganizations and competition between companies for rights of way, as of 1892 no track had been laid.

In 1894, however, a mule-drawn service was initiated by the Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad, with steam dummies used to help out on the hills.

Many city dwellers retained their country estates; however, these became hidden amidst gridiron developments.

Today Newtown Township has a land area of 10.11 square miles (26.2 km2), and a population of 15,002 individuals.

Some farms and large estates remain, but for the most part, the township was developed into a suburban community with old stone homes and structures dotting the landscape to serve as reminders of days gone by.

Supervisors are elected at large by the all registered voting residents of the town for overlapping six-year terms.

Its villages include Echo Valley, Florida Park, Larchmont (also in Marple Township,) Newtown Square, and Wyola.

Newtown Township has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) and the hardiness zone is 7a.

The graveyard contains one of the graves of Revolutionary War hero General Mad Anthony Wayne.

The original Quaker settlers built the Meeting House in 1711, and then it was greatly expanded and "modernized" in 1791.

Post-World War II, the church and school expanded to serve the rapidly growing Catholic population of Newtown Square.

Marple Newtown Senior High School lies within township borders on Media Line Road.