Editing Media, Pennsylvania

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[[File:Delaware Co PA Courthouse.JPG|thumb|Delaware County Courthouse]]

'''Media''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in and the [[county seat]] of [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> It is located about {{convert|13|mi}} west of [[Philadelphia]]. It is part of the [[Delaware Valley]], also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Media was incorporated in 1850 at the same time that it was named the county seat.<ref>{{cite book|last= Ashmead|first= Henry Graham|title= History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania|year= 1884|url= http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg587.htm#chapter46|access-date= 2007-09-30|publisher= L. H. Everts & Co.|location= Philadelphia|pages= Chapters XVI and XLVI|no-pp= true|archive-date= 2007-08-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070807000839/http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg587.htm#chapter46|url-status= usurped}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], the population was 5,991.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4248480| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Media borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 28, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213042155/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4248480| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The history of the area goes back to [[William Penn]], but the area remained predominantly rural until the 20th century.<ref name="brief">{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaborough.com/community/brief-history-media-1900-1950|title=A Brief History of Media: 1900 to 1950|publisher=Borough of Media|work=Community|access-date=February 10, 2014}}</ref>

===17th century===
Land in the area was sold and settled soon after [[William Penn]] was named proprietor of the colonial-era [[Province of Pennsylvania]] in 1681 by [[King Charles II of England]]. Peter and William Taylor bought the land where Media is now located, directly from Penn.<ref name="walking">''Media: A Walking Tour'', published by the Borough of Media, 1990</ref> At the time, the land was located in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]]. Providence Township was organized in 1684, and later divided into [[Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Upper Providence]] and [[Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania|Nether Providence]] townships by 1690, even though they only had 40 taxable properties at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg652.htm |title=''History of Delaware County'' |access-date=2007-04-04 |archive-date=2007-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405092232/http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg652.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delcohistory.org/nphs/ |title=''Nether Providence Through the Years'' (Delaware County Historical Society) |access-date=2007-04-02 |archive-date=2007-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402110636/http://www.delcohistory.org/nphs/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The current borough, formed in 1850, sits between the two townships.

In 1683, the Court of Chester County approved the construction of "Providence Great Road", now [[Pennsylvania Route 252]]. The road, which runs north from [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]] to within a few blocks of today's downtown, is shown on a 1687 map along with the names of local landowners.<ref>[http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/atlas/1687.html ''The City of Philadelphia Two Miles in Length and One in Breadth'' (Lower Merion Historical Society)]</ref> It forms the eastern border of the borough.

Thomas Minshall, a [[Quakers|Quaker]], was an early Media resident, settling just outside the small village then known as "Providence", along Providence Great Road. The village then included a tailor shop, blacksmith shop, wheelwright shop, barn and other buildings.<ref name="mhsh">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://mediahistoricalsociety.org/about-us/#history|website=Media Historical Society|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

Minshall bought {{convert|625|acre|ha}} from William Penn and arrived in 1682. The [[Providence Friends Meetinghouse]] was established at his house in February 1688.

===18th century===
The original Friends Meetinghouse was built out of logs in 1699 or 1700, and the current building was completed in 1814. A house on Minshall's property, built around 1750, still stands and was given to the citizens of the borough in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mediaborough.com/sites/default/files/fileattachments/minshall_brochure.pdf |title=Minshall House |access-date=2014-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714090534/http://www.mediaborough.com/sites/default/files/fileattachments/minshall_brochure.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1789, [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]] was divided, with the eastern portion becoming [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]].

===19th century===
The area in the center of the new county remained rural through 1850. On March 11, 1850, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Special Act of Assembly incorporated the Borough of Media, and made the sale of malt and spirituous liquors unlawful within its borders. At the same time, the county seat of [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]] was moved to Media from Chester. The borough was formed from four farms purchased by the county, totaling only {{convert|480|acre|ha}}. The borders of the borough have not changed since that time.<ref name="egph">{{cite web|last1=Mayberry|first1=Jodine|title=Media, Pennsylvania|url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/media-pennsylvania/|website=Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia|publisher=Rutgers University|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

Streets were plotted in a rectangular grid around the location of the new courthouse, lots were sold at public auctions, and the construction of houses began. Sources agree that Minshall Painter, a descendant of Thomas Minshall, suggested the name "Media", but do not agree on the reason. The name most likely comes from the borough's [[median]] location in the direct center of Delaware County.<ref>{{cite book| last=Gannett| first=Henry| title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States| url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ| year=1905| publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office| page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n203 204]}}</ref>

===20th century===
In 1940, the [[American Guide Series|Pennsylvania guide]] described Media by noting that "[t]he majority of its houses, almost all built since the [[American Civil War]], sit far back on shaded lawns and seem somewhat gloomy. The borough has a large and prosperous business section and a few small industrial plants; many townspeople work in [[Philadelphia]] or [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]]."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State|last=Federal Writers' Project|date=1940|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=1st|page=416|location=New York}}</ref>

The [[John J. Tyler Arboretum]] occupies part of Thomas Minshall's original {{convert|625|acre|ha}}. This farm and a nearby [[Lima, Pennsylvania|Village of Lima]] was used by the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>Loretta Rodgers, "The Trackless Train: Tracking Delco's Role in the Underground Railroad" (Feb. 27, 1989), ''[[Delaware County Daily Times]]''</ref> The land was donated to a public trust in 1944 by an eighth-generation descendant. The arboretum was started as a private collection by brothers Jacob and Minshall Painter. In 1825, they began systematically planting over 1,000 varieties of trees and shrubs. Over twenty of their original trees survive, including a [[giant sequoia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tylerarboretum.org/tylers_history.htm |title=Tyler Arboretum History |access-date=2008-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224015810/http://www.tylerarboretum.org/tylers_history.htm |archive-date=2008-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Minshall Painter was also a leader of the [[Delaware County Institute of Science]], which was formed on September 21, 1833, with just four other members: George Miller, John Miller, George Smith, M.D., and [[John Cassin]]. The institute was incorporated in 1836. About 1850, Painter gave the institute the land where its building currently stands at 11 Veterans Square, and the building was constructed in 1867.<ref name="DelCoIS">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://delcoscience.org/history/|website=Delaware County Institute of Science|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

In the second half of the 19th century, Media was a summer resort for well-to-do Philadelphians. The borough's large vacation hotels included the Idlewild Hotel (1871) on Lincoln Street at Gayley Terrace, Chestnut Grove House or "The Colonial" (1860) on Orange Street, and Brooke Hall on Orange Street and Washington Avenue (now Baltimore Avenue). The Chestnut Grove was used for a year by nearby [[Swarthmore College]] due to a fire on its campus.<ref name="Swat">{{cite web|title=1881 Parrish Hall Burns|url=http://swat150.swarthmore.edu/1881-parrish-hall-burns.html|website=Swarthmore Sesquicentennial|publisher=Swarthmore College|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

The [[West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad]] was built through Media on October 19, 1854. Electrified service was opened on December 2, 1928. Up to 50 trains passed through each day. The railroad became part of the [[Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad]] and eventually the [[Penn Central]]. [[SEPTA]] took over operations in 1983. [[Woodrow Wilson]] spoke at the Media Station in 1912 during his first [[1912 United States presidential election|election campaign]]. Trolley transportation lines spread to and through Media in the 1890s and early 1900s.<ref name="18501900a">{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Media: 1850 to 1900|url=http://www.mediaborough.com/community/brief-history-media-1850-1900|website=Media Borough|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="19001950b">{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Media: 1900 to 1950|url=http://www.mediaborough.com/community/brief-history-media-1900-1950|website=Media Borough|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Media PA Theater.JPG|thumb|The Media Theatre for the Performing Arts|200x200px]] [[File:Minshall House Media PA.JPG|thumb|Thomas Minshall house|200x200px]]
[[File:Media PA Keystone Marker.jpg|thumb|[[Keystone Marker]] from the 1920s gives one version of the origin of the town's name]]{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage = [[File:State St Media PA.JPG|210px]] | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et4rB2vm3hI Media, PA - Walking Tour], by Wanda Kaluza | video2 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXF_Q_Ni3RA Media, PA] CoyopaFilms}}The Media Theatre opened as a [[vaudeville]] house in 1927.<ref>[http://mediatheatre.org/about/history/ The Media Theatre for the Performing Arts - History]</ref> The first talkie film, ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', was shown there. It remained a popular cinema through the 1970s and 1980s. In 1994, the theater underwent a $1 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=1000000|start_year=1994}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) restoration by Walter Strine Sr. and re-opened as the Media Theatre for the Performing Arts.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.mediaborough.com/community/brief-history-media-1950-present
| title = Restoration of an important landmark
| date = 2016
| website = www.mediaborough.com
| publisher = Media Borough
}}</ref> Shows produced there have included ''[[The Full Monty (musical)|The Full Monty]]'', ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' and ''[[Miss Saigon]]''.

On March 8, 1971, the [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]] raided an [[FBI]] "resident agency" in Media. They later released thousands of documents to major newspapers around the country. These documents revealed FBI tactics such as the illegal wiretapping of civil rights leaders like [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and the recruitment of [[Scouting|Boy Scouts]] as informants, and confirmed for the first time the existence of [[COINTELPRO]], an FBI program to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" dissident groups in the United States.<ref name=burg>{{cite book| last=Medsger| first=Betty| title=The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI| date=January 2014| publisher=Random House| isbn=9780307962966| pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307962959/page/592 592]| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307962959| url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=How to break into the FBI: 50 years later, Media burglars get local honors |url=https://whyy.org/articles/how-to-break-into-the-fbi-50-years-later-media-burglars-get-local-honors/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}</ref>

===21st century===
In June 2006, Media became the first town in the United States to follow over 300 towns in Europe in attaining [[fair trade certification]]. To meet the criteria for certification, Media passed a council resolution in support of [[fair trade]], served fair-trade coffee and tea in local government meetings and offices, ensured that a range of fair-trade products were available in local restaurants and businesses, raised popular support and provided media coverage for the fair-trade campaign, and convened a fair-trade steering committee to ensure continued commitment.<ref name="How now brown cow">{{cite web|title=How does a town become Fair Trade?|url=http://mediafairtrade.org/definition-of-fair-trade/how-does-a-town-become-fair-trade/|website=Media Fair Trade|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

==Local historic districts==
Three locally recognized historic districts were designated by the borough in 1975.<ref name ="hd">{{cite web|title=Code - Historic Districts|url=http://ecode360.com/6864229|publisher=Borough of Media, PA|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> These districts are:

* Courthouse Square, from Olive to Orange Streets between 2nd and Jasper Streets.
* Lemon Street, from Baker to Front Streets.
* Providence Friends' Meeting House District, from Front to 2nd including the meetinghouse to Haldeman.<ref name ="hd"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lefevre|first1=Michel|title=Historic District Designation in Pennsylvania|url=http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/About/Documents/Historic-District-Designation.pdf|website=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 27, 2016|location=Harrisburg, PA|page=30|date=2007|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804010625/http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/About/Documents/Historic-District-Designation.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Landmarks==

=== Homes ===
* Minshall House (c.1750) on Route 252
* Cooper House (before 1870) on State Street, home of [[Thomas Valentine Cooper]], Pennsylvania State Senator and Representative
* [[Dr. Samuel D. Risley House]] (1877), 430 N. Monroe Street
* Gayley House (1855) 301 Gayley St., originally the ''Media Classical Institute'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrefor00glas|title=History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America|last=Glasgow|first=William Melancthon|publisher=Hill & Harvey|year=1888|location=Baltimore, MD|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofrefor00glas/page/512 512]–513|quote=Rev Samuel Maxwell Gayley|via=the New York Public Library}}</ref> a Presbyterian academy founded by Rev. Samuel Maxwell Gayley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/mse/g/gayley-samuel-maxwell.html|title=Bible Encyclopedias - Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature - Gayley Samuel Maxwell|date=2016|website=www.studylight.org|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyIRAAAAIAAJ&q=gayley&pg=PA154|title=The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church, Volume 6|last=Wilson, 1864|first=Joseph M.|publisher=Presbyterian Church|year=1864|location=Philadelphia, PA|pages=150–158|via=New York City Library}}</ref> In 1923, the building became a convent for Nativity BVM Catholic Church. It has served as Nativity's parish center since 2005.
* Hillhurst (1890) on Orange Street, designed by [[Addison Hutton]] and owned by John Biddle as a summer home.
* Jaisohn House (1925), 100 East Lincoln Street

=== Municipal/civic ===
* [[Delaware County Institute of Science]] (1867) on Veterans Square. The institute was founded in 1833.
* Delaware County Courthouse (1871) on Front Street
* First National Bank of Media (1900) on State Street at Veterans Square, designed by Albert Dilks
* [[Media Armory]] (1908) on State St., designed by [[William Lightfoot Price]] and M H. McClanahan. Added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989. Now home to the Media Armory and [[Trader Joe's]] grocery store.<ref>[http://www.paveteransmuseum.org Pennsylvania Veteran's Museum] accessed October 28, 2009</ref>
* Media Theatre (1927, restored 1994) on State St., designed by [[Louis Magaziner]] as a [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] movie palace with [[Art Deco]] design elements.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://visitmediapa.com/history/ Media History] accessed May 10, 2007</ref>
* [[Old Rose Tree Tavern]] (1809), listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
* The County Court Apartments, location of historic marker documenting the [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]] raid in 1971 that exposed [[COINTELPRO]] and mass FBI violations of the rights of U.S. citizens.<ref name=":0" />

=== Churches ===
* Media Vineyard Church
* Campbell A.M.E (African Methodist Episcopal) Church
* Christ Church (Episcopalian)
* [[Congregation Beth Israel (Media, Pennsylvania)|Congregation Beth Israel]], in [[Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Middletown Township]] - the oldest [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] congregation in the [[Delaware Valley]], founded in 1925.<ref name="history">[http://www.bethisraelmedia.org/NewSite/NewHistory.htm History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226020313/http://www.bethisraelmedia.org/NewSite/NewHistory.htm |date=2008-02-26 }}, Synagogue website. Accessed July 23, 2008.</ref>
* Faith Reformed Baptist Church
* First Baptist Church of Media
* First United Methodist
* Honeycomb Union AME Church
* Media Presbyterian Church (1855) on Baltimore Ave. designed by [[John McArthur Jr.]], architect of [[Philadelphia City Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediapresbyterian.org/about-us/history|title=Media Presbyterian Church History|date=2010|website=www.mediapresbyterian.org|access-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527042638/http://www.mediapresbyterian.org/about-us/history|archive-date=May 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Brooke Hall Female Seminary (1856) Finishing school at Lemon St. and Baltimore Ave, attended by future first lady, Ida (Sexton) McKinley.<ref name="Walkingtour">{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaborough.com/community/walking-tour|title=Walking Tour|website=Media Borough|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>
* Media Presbyterian Church
* Nativity BVM Church (1882) 30 E. Franklin St. Designed by Philadelphia ecclesiastical architect, [[Edwin Forrest Durang|Edwin Durang]].
* The Brick Church (1862) Nativity BVM's original church. Used as a school (1882–c.1950) after the main church was built. Currently used as a hall.
* [[Quaker]] meetinghouses: Media Friends Meeting and [[Providence Friends Meetinghouse]].<ref name="Churches">{{cite web|url=http://mediaborough.com/about/religion.asp|title=Religious Organizations in Media|publisher=Borough of Media, Pennsylvania|work=Welcome to Media Borough|access-date=April 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003213816/http://www.mediaborough.com/about/religion.asp|archive-date=October 3, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1875) and [[Media-Providence Friends School]] (1876), both located at 125 W. 3rd Street
* St. George (Greek Orthodox)
* Second Baptist Church of Media
* Trinity U.A.M.E. (Union American Methodist Episcopal) Church
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County

=== Parks ===
There are several parks located within the borough of Media and shared with surrounding communities.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.upperprovidence.org/dep_Park_Map.php
| title = Parks in Upper Providence Township
| date = 2016
| website = Upper Providence Township
| access-date = February 29, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306173621/http://www.upperprovidence.org/dep_Park_Map.php
| archive-date = March 6, 2016
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
* [[Rose Tree Park]]
* Glen Providence Park<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://glenprovidencepark.org/
| title = Friends of Glen Providence Park
| date = 2016
| website = www.glenprovidencepark.org
| access-date = February 29, 2016
}}</ref>
* Houtman Park
* Cherry Street Field
* Scott Park
* [[Ridley Creek State Park]]

== Geography and climate ==
{{US Census population
|1850= 285
|1860= 2397
|1870= 1045
|1880= 1919
|1890= 2736
|1900= 3075
|1910= 3562
|1920= 4109
|1930= 5372
|1940= 5351
|1950= 5726
|1960= 5803
|1970= 6444
|1980= 6119
|1990= 5957
|2000= 5533
|2010= 5327
|2020= 5901
|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>{{cite web|title=Census 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lansdowneboroughpennsylvania/PST045219}}</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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Media is located in central Delaware County at {{Coord|39|55|8|N|75|23|17|W|type:city}} (39.918761, -75.388127).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|2.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.42%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> Media is situated on high ground ({{convert|250|to|350|ft}} above sea level) draining west to [[Ridley Creek]], a south-flowing tributary of the [[Delaware River]].

Media has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') and the [[hardiness zone]] is 7a.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx |title=Interactive Map {{!}} USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |website=planthardiness.ars.usda.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128011725/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx |archive-date=2012-01-28}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the 2020 census, the racial makeup of the borough was 82.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.6% from Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.9% from two or more races, and 2.5% from [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=QuickFacts Media borough, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mediaboroughpennsylvania |website=Census |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>

At the time of the 2010 Census, the racial makeup of the borough was 83.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.5% of the population.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table]{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Media ZIP Code ==
The term "Media" is often used to include not only the borough of Media, but other municipalities but that share the [[ZIP Code]]. The borough of Media covers only {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2|abbr=off}} and less than 6,000 residents, but the Media ZIP Code 19063 covers {{convert|23.08|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} and a population of 35,704.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/cf/1.0/en/zip/19063/ALL|title=American Fact Finder, 19063|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 1, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004211/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/cf/1.0/en/zip/19063/ALL|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Postal Service]], the following addresses are included in the 19063 ZIP Code: [[Elwyn, Pennsylvania|Elwyn]], [[Garden City, Pennsylvania|Garden City]], [[Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania|Glen Riddle]], and [[Rose Valley, Pennsylvania|Rose Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=2&companyName=&address1=&address2=&city=&state=Select&urbanCode=&postalCode=19063&zip=|title=USPS.com|website=Look up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> Other areas at least partially included in the 19063 zip code are [[Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Upper Providence Township]]; [[Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania|Nether Providence Township]], the neighborhoods of [[South Media]], Bowling Green, Pine Ridge and Ridgewood; and most of [[Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Middletown Township]], including, Bortondale, [[Riddlewood, Pennsylvania|Riddlewood]], and [[Lima, Pennsylvania|Lima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/19063/|title=19063|website=United States Zip Codes|access-date=August 1, 2016}} Note that this is not an official USPS website, but it includes a map.</ref>

== Government ==
The borough of Media is run by a mayor and an elected council. Mayor Bob McMahon was first elected in 1992. Mark Paikoff is the president of the Media Borough Council, and Elizabeth Romaine is the vice-president. As of April 2024, the other Council members are Kevin Boyer, Lisa Gelman, Jen Malkoun, Tray Herman, and Joi Washington.<ref name=council>[https://www.mediaborough.com/314/Borough-Council Media Borough Council Members]</ref>

==Education==
===Primary and secondary schools===
{{Further|Rose Tree Media School District}}
Media lies within the [[Rose Tree Media School District]], created by a merger with the Rose Tree Union School District and Media Borough School District in 1966. Public school students living within borough boundaries attend Media Elementary School, located in Downtown Media, for grades K-5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtmsd.org/Content2/-district-boundaries|title=copy of street names with schools|publisher=[[Rose Tree Media School District]]|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804223746/https://www.rtmsd.org/Content2/-district-boundaries|url-status=dead}} - [http://www.rosetreemediasd.pa.schools.bz/userfiles/-16/my%20files/copy%20of%20street%20names%20with%20schools.xlsx?id=105 Direct link to excel file] - Elementary schools are listed with townships.</ref> Springton Lake Middle School serves students in grades 6–8, and [[Penncrest High School]] serves students in grades 9–12.

The Media-Upper Providence Friends School is the only private school in the borough.

Mother of Providence Regional Catholic School in [[Wallingford, Pennsylvania|Wallingford]] is the area Catholic school of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]]. It formed in 2012 from a merger of Nativity BVM School, which was Media's only pariochal school and St. John Chrysostom in Wallingford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholicphilly.com/2012/07/uncategorized/school-closing-list/|title=2012 Catholic grade school consolidations/closings|work=Catholicphilly.com|date=2012-07-15|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> Nativity BVM school opened in 1912, with its last building occupied in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nativitybvmschool.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040609061121/http://www.nativitybvmschool.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-06-09|title=Home|publisher=Nativity BVM School|date=2004-06-09|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> The Nativity BVM school administration chose not to file an appeal against the 2012 order to merge.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wolfe, Jeff|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/nativity-bvm-school-will-not-appeal-merger/article_c8642cc3-0eb1-54da-9fff-3fd41e461b50.html|title=Nativity BVM School will not appeal merger |work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2012-01-30|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> Some parents had lobbied for the continued operation of the school. The archdiocese had originally planned to make Nativity BVM the regional campus, but changed when St. John Chrystosom had appealed the decision.<ref>{{cite web|author=Serbin, John L.|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/shocked-parents-rally-at-nativity-bvm-in-media-after-learning/article_9b936c62-3550-5d83-9159-c17f6ab3f9e8.html|title='Shocked' parents rally at Nativity BVM in Media after learning of reversal|work=[[Delco Times]]|access-date=2020-05-03|archive-date=2020-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503222745/https://www.delcotimes.com/news/shocked-parents-rally-at-nativity-bvm-in-media-after-learning/article_9b936c62-3550-5d83-9159-c17f6ab3f9e8.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the closure, Media Elementary School occupied the campus while renovations of the permanent Media Elementary occurred.<ref>{{cite web|author=Serbin, Susan L.|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/media-elementary-makes-seamless-move-into-former-nativity-bvm-school/article_fe62a208-3112-5e0c-b7b3-cf64904b6cfc.html|title=Media Elementary makes seamless move into former Nativity BVM school |work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2012-08-22|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref>

===Tertiary education===
The following are in townships around Media, and have Media mailing addresses:
* [[Delaware County Community College]], a two-year liberal arts college, has its main Delaware County campus in [[Marple Township, Pennsylvania|Marple Township]]; this campus has a Media mailing address<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dccc.edu/about/locations/all-locations|title=Locations|publisher=[[Delaware County Community College]]|access-date=2023-10-29|quote=Marple Campus Marple Township (Media mailing address)}}</ref>
* [[Pennsylvania Institute of Technology]], a two-year junior college, in [[Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Upper Providence Township]]<ref name="UpperProvMap">{{cite web|url=http://www.upperprovidence.org/DocumentCenter/View/207/Zoning-Map-PDF|title=Zoning Map|publisher=[[Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Upper Providence Township]]|accessdate=2020-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pit.edu/about/contact/directions/|title=Directions|publisher=Pennsylvania Institute of Technology|accessdate=2020-04-23|quote=800 Manchester Avenue Media, PA 19063-4089}} - Compare the address location to the map. The [https://www.pit.edu/about/contact/ contact page] states "Get directions to P.I.T.’s campus in Media, PA." but in fact the campus is not in the Media borough limits. [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html Note that the city of Houston stated in 1996 that]: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."</ref>
* [[Penn State Brandywine]], in [[Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Middletown Township]]<ref name=Middletowntwpmapforcolleges>{{cite web|url=https://middletowndelcopa.gov/vertical/sites/%7BE08CD8FE-6BF2-4104-AF8F-C16770381A63%7D/uploads/ZONING_MAP_OCT_2023.pdf|title=Zoning Map|publisher=[[Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Middletown Township]]|access-date=2023-10-29}} - The map indicates the location of the schools, "Penn State University" and "Williamson Trade School".</ref>
* [[Williamson College of the Trades]], a three-year technical college, in Middletown Township<ref name=Middletowntwpmapforcolleges/>

== Transportation ==
===Highways===
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-17 14 49 25 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 252 (Providence Road) just north of Baltimore Pike in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Route 252|PA Route 252]] northbound in Media]]}}
As of 2018, there were {{convert|18.29|mi}} of public roads in Media, of which {{convert|3.40|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|14.89|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/23414.pdf|title=Media Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 252|Route 252]], Providence Road, is the only numbered highway presently traversing the borough. It follows a north-south alignment along the eastern border of Media.

[[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|U.S. 1]] formerly ran through the borough until the [[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania#Maryland to Interstate 476|"Media bypass"]] was completed in 1960.<ref>[http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/US-1S_PA/ US Expressway 1] South of Philadelphia - Historic Overview</ref> The bypass has an unusual "volleyball" or [[three-level diamond interchange]] with Interstate 476. The former Route 1 through the center of Media is known by its older name, Baltimore Avenue, changing to "[[Baltimore Pike]]"<!-- although the name is changed to "Baltimore Avenue" directly in Downtown Media--> outside the borough limits.<ref name="gmPA">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Old+Baltimore+Pike&daddr=39.747405,-76.0191992+to:39.754194,-76.0142341+to:39.80297,-75.94842+to:39.82023,-75.84708+to:39.82775,-75.76954+to:39.85259,-75.69745+to:39.9159371,-75.383169+to:39.9133892,-75.350299+to:Baltimore+Ave%2FService+Dr&hl=en&sll=39.94956,-75.199635&sspn=0.001896,0.005284&geocode=FdtQXgIdBfd3-w%3BFU1_XgIdAQp4-ymrl5-u9bTHiTEpYtiLOelO5A%3BFdKZXgIdZh14-yk7RBI_krTHiTFKCpjmS0eAbA%3BFVpYXwIdfB55-ylxHXpe4UzGiTFwBvY6VbdxMw%3BFcabXwIdWKp6-ymX2i13tFPGiTEQ_dHcxZCt4w%3BFSa5XwIdPNl7-ylVOx0IL1TGiTHfq32mMEEu4Q%3BFS4aYAId1vJ8-ykjMfPWlvjGiTFUYyZwqgSwlg%3BFaERYQIdf76B-ym1xyTrqOnGiTFpjI9QdwnqCw%3BFa0HYQId5T6C-ymjZ7SF2unGiTEZxSnrtUwSkw%3BFSqVYQIdhouE-w&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8&t=h&z=10|title=overview of Baltimore Pike in Pennsylvania|access-date=December 31, 2011}}</ref>

===Airports===
[[Philadelphia International Airport]] (PHL), the 21st-busiest airport in the nation in 2022, is 11 miles' driving distance (about a 15-minute drive) from downtown Media, following Baltimore Pike east, then [[Interstate 476]] south and [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 95]] northeast.<ref>[http://www.aci.aero/aci/aci/file/Press%20Releases/2008/TOP30_Aircraft%20Movements_2007.pdf Statistics: Top 30 World Airports]</ref><ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=Media,%20PA%20to%20PHL Google Map directions]</ref>

=== SEPTA Trolley & Train ===
* [[Media station (SEPTA)|Media station]] is a [[SEPTA]] rail station of the [[Media/Wawa Line]].
* The [[Media–Sharon Hill Line]] is a light rail line that run through Media to the [[69th Street Transportation Center]] in [[Upper Darby]].  The trolley line ends in Media at Media-Orange Street station.

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="130">
File:Media Trolley 072107 014 (917190137).jpg|SEPTA trolley on State Street
File:Media Station.JPG|Media Station
File:Jaisohn House Media.JPG|Philip Jaisohn House
File:Samuel Risley House Media PA.JPG|Samuel Risley House
File:Media Old School.JPG|Old Friends Select School
File:Media PA Friends Meeting.JPG|Media Friends Meeting
Providence Friends Meeting Media.JPG| Providence Friends Meetinghouse
</gallery>

==Notable people==
=== Government and politics ===
* [[Jesse Matlack Baker]] (1854-1913), Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator
* [[Crosby M. Black]] (1866-1916), Pennsylvania State Representative and mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania
* [[John M. Broomall]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1863 to 1869
* [[Orson Flagg Bullard]] (1834-1906), Pennsylvania State Representative
* [[William H. G. Bullard]], admiral of the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]
* [[Thomas Valentine Cooper]], Pennsylvania State Senator and Representative
* [[Edward Darlington]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1833 to 1839
* [[Graceanna Lewis]], ornithologist, abolitionist, and suffragist
* [[Ida Saxton McKinley]], [[First Lady of the United States]] from 1897 until 1901
* [[Joan Mondale]], [[Second Lady of the United States]] from 1977 until 1981
* [[Mildred Scott Olmsted]], peace activist and suffragist<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2015/10/02/life/doc560eadf33417e824904545.txt|title=Marker celebrates Peace Activist Mildred Olmsted's life|last=Neborak|first=Anne|access-date=June 5, 2016|work=October 02, 2015|via=www.delconewsnetwork.com|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701190007/http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2015/10/02/life/doc560eadf33417e824904545.txt|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Buchanan Robinson]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1893 to 1899
* [[V. Gilpin Robinson]], Pennsylvania State Representative
* [[Anna Howard Shaw]], physician and suffragist
* [[Bill Whitaker (journalist)|Bill Whitaker]], journalist on CBS ''[[60 minutes]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/2021/08/26/media-fellowship-house-thanks-bill-whitaker/|title = Media Fellowship House thanks Bill Whitaker|date = 26 August 2021}}</ref>

=== Business ===
* [[Jonathan Bixby (costume designer)|Jonathan Bixby]], costume designer
* [[Samuel D. Riddle]], textile mill owner and race-horse owner

=== Sports ===
* [[Sean Bettenhausen]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sean Bettenhausen |url=https://gopsusports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/player/sean-bettenhausen |access-date=January 24, 2025 |website=[[Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer|Penn State Nittany Lions]]}}</ref>
* [[Jon Conway]], soccer player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon Conway |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jon-conway/ |access-date=April 24, 2025 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>
* [[Mark Donohue]], racing driver, winner of the [[1972 Indianapolis 500]]
* [[Harry Kalas]], broadcaster for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
* [[Lew Krausse Jr.]], former pitcher for the [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City/Oakland Athletics]] and other teams<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/krausle02.shtml|title=Lew Krausse Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=February 17, 2021}} {{link note|note=Lew Jr.}}</ref>
* [[Lew Krausse Sr.]], former pitcher for the [[History of the Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]
* [[Phil Martelli]], former head basketball coach, [[Saint Joseph's University]]
* [[Tug McGraw]], former pitcher for the [[New York Mets]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]]<ref>"Dave Anderson, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/19/sports/sports-of-the-times-tug-mcgraw-changes-lanes.html SPORTS OF THE TIMES; Tug McGraw Changes Lanes]", ''The New York Times'', Feb 19, 1985."</ref>
* [[Ted Meredith]], former double Olympic gold medallist
* [[Auston Trusty]], soccer player
* [[Jonah Jackson]], professional football player, [[Los Angeles Rams]]

=== Entertainment ===
* [[John Billingsley]], actor
* [[Jim Croce]], singer and songwriter<ref>''I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story''. Da Capo Press, 2012</ref>
* [[Ann Crumb]], Broadway actress
* [[Paul DiMeo]], actor, ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://realitytv.about.com/od/extrememakeoverhome/a/PaulDimeo.htm |title=Bio: Carpenter Paul Dimeo of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201170136/http://realitytv.about.com/od/extrememakeoverhome/a/PaulDimeo.htm |archive-date=2008-02-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Dave Miller (producer)|Dave Miller]], record producer for [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]]'s early recordings;<ref name="autogenerated1" /> creator of the [[101 Strings]] franchise of [[Easy Listening]] record albums<ref>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.spaceagepop.com/millerdl.htm|title = D. L. Miller AKA Dave Miller, David L. Miller, Dick L. Miller, and Leo Muller}}</ref>
* [[Todd Robinson (film director)|Todd Robinson]], Emmy-winning director and screenwriter
* [[Dean Sabatino]], drummer for [[The Dead Milkmen]]
* [[Wanda Sykes]], actress and comedian

=== Science ===
* [[John Heysham Gibbon]], surgeon known for inventing the [[Cardiopulmonary bypass|heart-lung machine]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bauer|first1=Tyler M.|last2=Tchantchaleishvili|first2=Vakhtang|date=August 2018|title=The Person Behind the Inventor of the Heart-Lung Machine: John H. Gibbon Jr, MD (1903-1973)|journal=Artificial Organs|volume=42|issue=8|pages=765–775|doi=10.1111/aor.13280|pmid=30178889|s2cid=52147068|issn=0160-564X|doi-access=free}}</ref>

=== Art ===
* [[Frank Furness]], renowned Philadelphia architect
* [[Charles Lewis Fussell]], 19th-century landscape painter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schwarzgallery.com/artist/207/Charles-Lewis-Fussell|title=Schwarz Gallery : Charles Lewis Fussell|date=2016|website=www.schwarzgallery.com|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Michael A. O'Donnell]], author, researcher, international lecturer, and Episcopal priest

===Military===
* [[Harold J. Lavell]], US Army major general<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><ref>{{cite web |date=1940 |title=1940 United States Federal Census, Entry for Maude Lavell Family |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/35518853?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2241446e664349574b6a6c4f4545372b4f2f5675704f734e48476e3933464a617766356435427a337231416b3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |website=Ancestry.com |location=Lehi, Utah |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Media|Media, Pennsylvania}}
{{Commons category|Media, Pennsylvania}}
* {{Official website|http://www.mediaborough.com/}}

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