Editing Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania (section)

== About Pocopson ==
Pocopson is a mostly rural community, home to (besides residential areas) three restaurants, two parks, two veterinary offices, a career coaching practice, a canoe rental company, a dentist office, a [[beauty salon]], a coffee shop, a [[Floristry|florist]], a prison and [[Youth detention center|juvenile detention center]], a retirement home, a post office, a hardware store, an elementary school, a fencing company and a steelworking hall.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} In December 2014, the township completed construction on a $2.1 million [[roundabout]] on Route 52 at Wawaset Road and Lenape-Unionville Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20141218/long-awaited-route-52-roundabout-opens-in-pocopson |title=Long-awaited Route 52 roundabout opens in Pocopson |last1=Maye |first1=Fran|date=18 December 2014 |website=Daily Local News |access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref>  The township was home to a giant Penn Oak that died in July 2016. Shortly after the tree's death, one local heaped praise on the fallen resident by stating "It had the courtesy not to hurt anyone or fall onto the road.” There were, however, signs that the majestical tree's health was in decay; mushrooms were growing around its base approximately two years prior to its death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20160707/giant-penn-oak-dies-in-pocopson|title=Giant Penn Oak dies in Pocopson|date=7 July 2016|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> The township is part of the [[Unionville-Chadds Ford School District]].