Editing Exton, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2025}}
Exton lies at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 30]] (formerly the Lancaster Road, and later the [[Lincoln Highway]]) and [[Pennsylvania Route 100]] (Pottstown Pike). Beginning in the late 18th century, the [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] Road became a major transportation route between [[Philadelphia]] and the west, while what is now Route 100 was a regional north–south route to [[Pottstown, Pennsylvania|Pottstown]]. A theory exists that Exton was named as the "X" on the map, denoting this intersection, though more likely the village was named after one of the several [[Exton (disambiguation)|Exton]]s in the [[United Kingdom]].

In the late 1940s, Exton became home to the [[Newcomen Society of the United States]]. The campus of the [[learned society]] was built overlooking farmland on Newcomen Road, and featured offices, a printing shop, library and museum, guest houses, a chapel and a [[belltower]] with a [[carillon]]. The Newcomen Society (since dissolved) sold the property in the late 1990s, but its campus remains an Exton landmark serving as the headquarters of another business.