Eagle Road, which takes its present name from the Spread Eagle Tavern, c.1814, led Quaker settlers to the Haverford Meeting House. Its zig-zag pattern illustrates the indirect path required by horse and cart going up or down hill. Mill Road, at one time called Dickinson Mill Road, may be one of the earliest roads of popular use. Records show its extension to Radnor, the 'principal market for corn,' ordered in 1696.

Darby Road, known earlier as Coopertown Road, dates from 1687. Dates for its layout and completion vary from 1687 to 1703.

The Haverford Road is one of the earliest roads laid out by civil ordinance. The Haverford Township Historical Society maintains a 'survey' of historic resources notable to the township. Coopertown appears as early as 1848 as the first community, and the earliest post office is found at the Spread Eagle Tavern at the junction of the present Eagle and Manoa Roads. Other Havertown sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places include the Federal School and Lawrence Cabin. Leedom Hall was the probable home of William Howell, the founder of Haverford Mills, which date from 1688. Nitre Hall, along Karakung (Cobb's) Creek, supplied the United States with over 800,000 pounds of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The Grange Estate entertained the Revolutionary War figures George Washington and General Lafayette. The township is home to many historic sites. The settlers named their new home after Haverfordwest ( Hwlffordd) in Wales. Haverford Township was founded by Welsh Quakers in 1681 on land purchased from William Penn. Under William Penn's land divisions these communities were part of the Welsh Tract and comprised the area known as Harford, a Welsh contraction of Haverford. Before then, each constituent community was known by its local name: Bon Air, Brookline, Penfield, Beechwood, Llanerch, Manoa, Oakmont, Coopertown, and Ardmore. Post Office and came into use on January 1, 1946. The name 'Havertown' was coined by the U.S. Havertown's ZIP Code is 19083 and 'Havertown' is a postal address. It is located approximately 9 miles west of the center of Philadelphia. Havertown is a residential suburban unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

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