Embreeville is an unincorporated community, little more than a rural stretch of road with a few businesses, homes and a post office, in West Bradford Township in middle Chester County, Pennsylvania, inside a bend of Brandywine Creek. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. West Bradford Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Chester County (known colloquially as "Chesco" is a County located in the U The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Brandywine Creek may refer to several places in the United States mostly streams Streams British Columbia It is about 30 miles west of Philadelphia, near to Unionville, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The community is served by the 19320 zip code.
Embreeville's local landmarks including the Embreeville Dam, Embreeville State Hospital, Pennsylvania State Police Barracks, Unionville Elementary School, Stargazers' Stone, and Indian Hanna's grave.
The Stargazers' Stone marked an important astronomical observation point used by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1764 in surveying the Mason-Dixon line, which lies 15 miles south of the stone. Charles Mason ( Oakridge Lynch Gloucestershire, April 1728&ndash Philadelphia, October 25, 1786) was an English Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon ( Cockfield County Durham July 27 1733 &ndash Cockfield County Durham January 22 1779) was an English The Mason–Dixon Line (or "Mason and Dixon's Line" is a Demarcation line between four U
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone.
External links
- Embreeville, Pennsylvania is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Stargazer's Stone website
- A brief history of the Mason-Dixon survey line Stargazer's Stone
- Indian Hannah's Last Resting Place