COATESVILLE
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COATESVILLE , a borough See Also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the
place -names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place , the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg) - BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
of Chester county, Pennsylvania , U.S.A., on the west branch of Brandywine Creek, 39 M. W. of 'Philadelphia. Pop. (1890) 368o; (1900) 5721 (273 foreign-born); (1910) 11,084. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Reading railways, and interurban electric lines. For its size the borough See Also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the
camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg) - BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
ranks high as a manufacturing centre, iron and steel works, boiler works, brass works, and paper , silk and woollen mills being among its leading establishments. Its water-works are owned and operated by the municipality. Named in honour of Jesse Coates, one of its early settlers, it was settled about 1800, and was incorporated in 1867.
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