They erected several semi-permanent villages in the area tied to fishing and hunting cycles with some farming.

The Upper Chichester area was claimed by New Sweden in 1643 and the Dutch in 1654, but both nations were primary interested in trading with the Lenni Lenape Indians.

The "Twelve-Mile Circle" (the circular northern boundary line of the state of Delaware) traverses this tract.

The movement was, however, met by sturdy opposition from the leading citizens and land-owners of Lower Chichester, stating that the township as it currently stood was convenient enough and did not need any separation.

They further argued that recent work to mend the highways in Lower Chichester, and the need to provide for several poor in the township were more important uses of funds than the cost of the survey.

The matter was permitted to drag along for six years, during which time the reasons for the official recognition of the separation of the two townships became apparent to all.

In August 1759, a petition to formally separate the two townships was presented, bearing the signatures of almost every freeholder in Upper and Lower Chichester as well as those in Nether Providence.

[7] The Chichester Friends Meetinghouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Upper Chichester Township is in southwestern Delaware County, west of the city of Chester.

Pennsylvania Route 452 follows Market Street along a north-south alignment through eastern portions of the township.

Finally, Pennsylvania Route 491 follows Naamans Creek Road along a northwest-southeast alignment across southwestern portions of the township.