[1] In the 1700s, people from Philadelphia and New Jersey settled Wawa due to the community's abundance of water.

When Edward Worth built an estate here, he named it "Wawa",[4] the Ojibwe word for "wild goose",[a] because of the flocks of geese attracted to the still water behind Lenni milldam.

[5] Cynthia Mayer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said in 1989 that there was an "...indignity of being from a town now associated with [a] convenience store.

[6] Cynthia Mayer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that open land "characterizes" the community and that Wawa overall is "quite simply, beautiful.

"[6] In 1989 Cynthia Mayer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that "In fact, the most remarkable thing about Wawa [...] is that no one can agree on where it is, really.

Cynthia Mayer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that resulted in "a meaningless station stop sign at the end of a flooded dirt road.

The Borough of Chester Heights receives a majority of its local services tax from employees of Wawa Inc.[10] The previous Franklin Mint site was in Middletown Township.

"[6] As of 1989 the Media, Pennsylvania United States Postal Service post office serves Wawa.

Lincoln said in 1989 that sometimes the Media Post Office sometimes stamps letters asking for residents to "Please notify correspondent of your correct address" but that the tactic rarely is successful.

[6] During the same year, Linda Del Piano, another Media Post Office employee, said "It's like a sore point with them.