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From: Gloria Boyd <>
Subject: Re: Boothwyn!
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:58:27 -0400
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Helen -

I understand that Boothwyn was named after the Booth family! ;-)
However, the point I was trying to make is that there are some area
which seem to exist only as a mailing address. Two examples that
spring to mind are Havertown and Pilgrim Gardens.

Havertown is part of Haverford Township. There may be a business or
two that uses the name Havertown and there is a post office for
Havertown (19083) but the name is inexplicable otherwise. Even the
school is called Haverford High, but - and here we get really strange
-- many students have Ardmore and Bryn Mawr Addresses.

Pilgrim Gardens is a section of Drexel Hill that has its own post
office (19026) but it appears to have been named after a planned
development with street names like Hiawatha and Treaty that is
located near Burmont Road and Township Line.

Right or wrong, I have always thought of these areas as "postal
designations" more than physical places. As a kid I remember being
puzzled when I couldn't find Havertown on a Delaware County map!

-Gloria



At 6:14 PM -0400 10/2/01, wrote:
>Gloria-
>
> Well, Boothwyn is on the maps, as an area, not a Post Office,
>as is Twin Oaks, Ogden, Linwood & Marcus Hook, Booth's Corner!
>
> Boothwyn was named after one of the "BOOTHs" in the
>"BOOTH Family," as was "Booth's Corner" or "Booth Corner" &
>not a Post Office! :)

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