Editing Brookhaven, Pennsylvania

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'''Brookhaven''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 8,300 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="QF2020"/>

==Geography==
'''Brookhaven''' is located at {{Coord|39|52|14|N|75|23|27|W|type:city}} (39.870662, -75.390915)<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> with an average elevation of <span style="white-space:nowrap">98&nbsp;feet&nbsp;(30&nbsp;m)</span> above sea level.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}  is land and 0.59% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1950= 1042
|1960= 5280
|1970= 7370
|1980= 7912
|1990= 8567
|2000= 7985
|2010= 8006
|2020= 8300
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="QF2020">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: Brookhaven borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/brookhavenboroughpennsylvania/PST045219|accessdate=2021-10-08}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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{{update|section|date=October 2021|reason=There is newer information available from the 2020 Census reports}}

As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 92.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.0% of the population [http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 7,985 people, 3,476 households, and 2,200 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|4,705.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,595 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,118.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 95.64% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.02% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.24% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.59% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.13% of the population.

There were 3,486 households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.8% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $67,348,<ref name="datausa.io">{{Cite web|title=Brookhaven, PA {{!}} Data USA|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/brookhaven-pa/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=datausa.io}}</ref> and the median income for a family was $58,271. Males had a median income of $40,158 versus $32,155 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $23,706 (compared with $21,587 nationally). About 1.6% of families and 4.28%<ref name="datausa.io"/> of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
Brookhaven, [[Pennsylvania]] was originally part of a land grant given to [[William Penn]] in 1681 by [[King Charles II of England]]. The Proprietor negotiated with the [[Lenni-Lenape]] Indians, who were the original occupants of the land, the land was then divided into municipal districts. The area of Brookhaven was included in the Municipal District of [[Chester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Chester Township]]. <span style="white-space:nowrap">317&nbsp;acres&nbsp;(1.3&nbsp;km{{sup|2}})</span> were surveyed to Thomas Coebourn who settled in 1682 along with [[Richard Few]] who was granted <span style="white-space:nowrap">227&nbsp;acres&nbsp;(0.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}})</span>. [[Thomas Brassey]] was granted <span style="white-space:nowrap">385&nbsp;acres&nbsp;(1.6&nbsp;km{{sup|2}})</span> in 1684. These original grants were parceled eventually into smaller pieces of land and sold to subsequent settlers, such as Trimble, Edwards, Lister and Shepherd, among others.  Many of these original settlers have streets named after them in the borough.  The elementary school is named [[Coebourn Elementary]] (on Coebourn Blvd) after Thomas Coebourn and there are streets named Trimble, Edwards, Lister and Shepherd.

For approximately two hundred and fifty years, the region was dependent upon a farming and dairy economy as well as two thriving mill businesses spanning both [[Chester Creek]] and [[Ridley Creek]]. Bisected by the 1687 Edgmont Great Road, Brookhaven developed into a town of small crossroads, at Sneath's Corners in the mid-19th century. The road from Hinkson's Corners (now Brookhaven Road), was established sometime before 1816 as a service road to the mills on Ridley and to Chester Creeks in 1847. These byways became major highways and at the crossroads of these two highways grew a cluster of services, professional offices and summer homes. In 1872, the name "Brookhaven" became most widely used after it was published in the letterhead of the Beatty Brothers General Store at Sneath's (later Beatty's) Corners.

The Brookhaven community attracted numerous doctors and lawyers, and at the start of the 20th century, was a popular locale for Sunday outings amongst residents of the river tier communities.

Brookhaven's mills were perhaps its most notable commercial activity. [[Thomas Coebourn]] established the second [[gristmill]] in the new Pennsylvania colony, successfully challenging William Penn's [[monopoly]] vested in the [[Caleb Pusey]] Mill (the Caleb Pusey house is still standing) downstream on Chester Creek. After a 1687 court battle went in Coebourne's favor and granted individuals the right to establish mills, the area's creeks powered a multitude of industries. The original Coebourne Log Mill was replaced in 1750 by a stone structure which was sold to Jonathan Dutton (Dutton Mill Road is a major road in the area) in 1792. A redrawing of Chester Township's borders in 1829 placed this site in present [[Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Middletown Township]], with only the mill race and the owner's mansion in Brookhaven. The Johnson Ax Factory, the Lower Bank (Todmorden-Sackville) Hair Cloth Mills, Bickley's Gristmill and the Crozer Cloth Mill all utilized the notable drop for streams from the inland plateau to power their machinery. Both the 1826 and the post-flood 1844 mill surveys show large outputs for these factories.

In the latter part of the 19th century, several large stock farms were thriving; by the 1900s most of these were consolidated under the ownership of [[John Price Crozer]] (the namesake of Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland) who bred racehorses and prize bulls. After Crozer's death and [[World War II]], these farms were sold off to developers.

In 1902, the New Chester Water Company built a filtration and storage facility which then serviced the entire city and Chester Township. This plant, on Harrison's Hill, is still in active use. The Delaware Valley's rapid industrial expansion and the resulting [[baby boom]] of World War II, brought increasing pressure for suburban housing.

At the time of Brookhaven Borough's incorporation on April 4, 1945, the [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]] had 672 persons and 150 homes. The [[tram|trolley]] line which had run from [[Chester, Pennsylvania]] to [[Media, Pennsylvania|Media]] via [[Edgmont Avenue]] stopped in 1938.  The trolley tracks were removed in 1945 and the road was realigned and widened as most of the area's transportation had become automotive. In the last fifty years, Brookhaven has evolved very dramatically from a dairy and stock farm economy to a residential community of over 8,000 people living in over 3,600 homes, apartments and condominiums and supporting approximately 150 businesses.

==Retail==
[[File:Brookhaven2013.jpg|thumb|Pennsylvania 352 north of Brookhaven Road.]]Cambridge Shopping Center, opened in 1972, is a Brookhaven landmark. It is currently anchored by [[Lowe's]]<ref>Loretta Rodgers, [http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC/20150604/NEWS/150609800 "Brookhaven approves plans for Lowe's store"], ''Delaware County Times'', June 4, 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-23.</ref> and was anchored by one of the first [[Giant Food of Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Giant]] stores in the Philadelphia area (now closed).

A famous haunt of Brookhaven is Tom Jones Restaurant, which was sued by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] for taking his name. The lawsuit was later dropped, and Tom Jones is still there to this day, but is under new ownership and is no longer open 24 hours.

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-17 11 30 02 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 352 (Edgmont Avenue) just north of Meadowbrook Lane in Brookhaven, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|PA 352 northbound in Brookhaven]]}}
As of 2008, there were {{convert|25.78|mi}} of public roads in Brookhaven, of which {{convert|5.17|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|20.61|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/23402.pdf|title=Brookhaven Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 352]] is the only numbered highway serving Brookhaven. It follows Edgmont Avenue along a southeast-to-northwest alignment though the central portion of the borough.

Brookhaven is approximately 15 minutes away from [[South Philadelphia]] and 20 minutes from [[Wilmington, Delaware]].

==Education==
Brookhaven is a part of the [[Penn-Delco School District]],
It is also home to Coebourn Elementary School.

Our Lady of Charity School of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]] was in Brookhaven. It closed in 2011 due to a decrease in the number of students.<ref name=Bayliss2nd>{{cite web|author=Bayliss, Kelly|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-delco-catholic-schools-to-close-for-good/1904217/|title=2 Delco Catholic Schools to Close for Good |publisher=[[NBC Philadelphia]]|date=2011-06-08|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> During the 2010-2011 school year, it had 176 students, along with 89 prospective students for the 2011-2012 school year who did not arrive.<ref name=CareyKathleenStPhilomena>{{cite web|author=Carey, Kathleen|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/closing-of-st-philomenas-leaves-only-memories/article_4c68a0bc-7971-56c9-80b2-7053f351b767.html|title=Closing of St. Philomena's leaves only memories |work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2011-06-20|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> The ''[[Delco Times]]'' stated that had the school remained open, it would have had to reduce enrichment services. At least one grade level would have had an enrollment under five.<ref name=RodgersQuinn2Close>{{cite web|author=Rodgers, Loretta|author2=Rose Quinn|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/st-philomena-and-our-lady-of-charity-schools-to-close/article_6c5abfd4-070d-5646-ba31-a7f102dc0aa1.html|title=St. Philomena and Our Lady of Charity schools to close (With Videos)|work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2011-06-07|access-date=2020-05-03|archive-date=2020-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503075623/https://www.delcotimes.com/news/st-philomena-and-our-lady-of-charity-schools-to-close/article_6c5abfd4-070d-5646-ba31-a7f102dc0aa1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The average class size would have been nine.<ref name=CareyKathleenStPhilomena/>

== Athletics ==
Brookhaven is home to Brookhaven Babe Ruth Baseball, a youth baseball league that operates out of Scott Park.
Brookhaven also has a youth Basketball league that operates out of the Brookhaven Municipal Center.

==Notable people==
*[[Harold J. Lavell]], US Army major general<ref>{{cite web |date=1950 |title=1950 United States Federal Census, Entry for Harold J. Lavell Family |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/35519392?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22374563385236504676454563432b66663437353739564e56654e376e696f49746141697a34376c2f5563513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |website=Ancestry.com |location=Lehi, Utah |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="Decorated">{{cite news |date=6 January 2000 |title=Highly decorated WWII veteran, Lt. Gen. Lavell, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-decorated/169914427/ |work=[[Lebanon Daily News]] |location=Lebanon, Pennsylvania |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.brookhavenboro.com/ Borough of Brookhaven]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070829183000/http://www.delawarecountypa.com/brookhaven.html Brookhaven Borough at DelawareCountyPA.com]

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