Editing Upland, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:History of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limits to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its (14563646288).jpg|thumb|left|An 1862 image of Upland Township]]
The first European settlers in this area were from the Swedish colony of [[New Sweden]]. They arrived in the area in 1643 and built a permanent settlement at [[Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Tinicum Island]]. Although the name literally means "up land", it also reflects the Swedish province of [[Uppland]].

The settlement of Upland was built around the point where [[Chester Creek]] flows into the [[Delaware River]], which is part of the city of [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]], formerly also called "Upland". The colonists had [[plantation]]s devoted to the cultivation of [[tobacco]] for export to Sweden. Upland was reflected on the early map of New Sweden made by Peter Lindstrom in 1654.<ref>[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/8100/8118/8118.htm '' Narrative and Critical History of America (vol. 4)''  (Justin Winsor. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1884)]</ref><ref>[http://psabcontent.com/uplandboro/content/history.php''The History of Upland Borough'']</ref>

During this period, three governments were competing for colonial supremacy in the [[mid-Atlantic states|mid-Atlantic]] coastal area: the Dutch, the Swedish and the English. The Swedish settlement was incorporated into Dutch [[New Netherland]] on September 15, 1655. In 1664, the English captured New Netherland from the Dutch. In 1676, the [[Duke of York]]'s laws were promulgated as the rule of conduct on the Delaware River, and courts were established, one of which was the Upland.<ref>[http://www.westjerseyhistory.org/docs/upland/''Upland Court in Chester County'']</ref>

By the mid-1800s, the Upland Mills were built along Chester Creek in Upland by the wealthy textile manufacturer [[John Price Crozer]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ashmead |first1=Henry Graham |title=Historical Sketch of Chester, on Delaware |date=1883 |publisher=Republican Steam Printing House |location=Chester, Pennsylvania |page=320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hPg_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA |access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref>  The mills produced clothing for the US Army and other customers.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brackney|first1=William H.|title=Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education|date=2008|publisher=Mercer University Press|location=Macon, Georgia|isbn=978-0-88146-130-5|page=277|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wq8w4rJ4Am8C|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

The borough of Upland was founded May 24, 1869.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ashmeade|first1=Henry Graham|title=History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania|date=1884|publisher=L.H. Everts & Co.|location=Philadelphia|page=427|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924006215655|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>

[[File:OldMainUpland.JPG|alt=A large facade of a building|thumb|left|Old Main Building of the [[Crozer Theological Seminary]]]]
The [[John P. Crozer II Mansion]], [[George K. Crozer Mansion]], [[Caleb Pusey House]], [[Crozer Theological Seminary|Old Main of the Crozer Theological Seminary]], and [[Pusey-Crozier Mill Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> The Pusey House is one of the [[List of the oldest buildings in the United States|oldest buildings in the United States]], completed in 1696, and one of the only extant buildings known to have been visited by [[William Penn]] (in addition to the [[Merion Friends Meeting House]]).