These Native Americans were part of a tribe that had occupied this territory for thousands of years.

They called themselves "Lenni Lenape" which meant "common people" and they were usually near a river or creek valley.

Pocopson is a mostly rural community, home to (besides residential areas) three restaurants, two parks, two veterinary offices, a career coaching practice, a canoe rental company, a dentist office, a beauty salon, a coffee shop, a florist, a prison and juvenile detention center, a retirement home, a post office, a hardware store, an elementary school, a fencing company and a steelworking hall.

[9] The township was home to a giant Penn Oak that died in July 2016.

Shortly after the tree's death, one local heaped praise on the fallen resident by stating "It had the courtesy not to hurt anyone or fall onto the road.” There were, however, signs that the majestical tree's health was in decay; mushrooms were growing around its base approximately two years prior to its death.

PA 52 follows Lenape Road along a southwest-northeast alignment through the southeastern portion of the township.

PA 842 follows Unionville Wawaset road along a southwest-northeast alignment through the northwestern part of the township.

Finally, PA 926 follows Street Road along a southwest-northeast alignment through the southeastern corner of the township.