Pennsylvania Gazetteer
Evans Run is a physical feature (stream) in Chester County. The primary coordinates for Evans Run places it within the PA 19355 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Evans Run |
| Category: | Pennsylvania physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads 0.5 km (0.3 mi) NW of the intersection of Barr Road and Providence Road, flows N to join West Branch Crum Creek (q.v.). |
| History: | Named in honor of five generations of the Evans family beginning with William Evans, native of Wales who settled in the area in 1719. The family owned land along the entire course of the stream throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The Evans family was also influential in pursuading the PA Railroad to build a railroad line through the nearby community of Paoli, which occurred in 1854. |
| County: | Chester County |
| Latitude: | 40.0020534 |
| Longitude: | -75.4790903 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Evans Run: Evans Run.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Evans Run does not include property ownership information.
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Paoli, PA
(2.7 miles N) Malvern, PA (3.1 miles NW) Berwyn, PA (3.6 miles NE) Devon, PA (4.1 miles NE) Frazer, PA (4.5 miles WNW) |
Chesterbrook, PA
(5.1 miles NNE) Cheyney University, PA (5.5 miles SSW) Cheyney University, PA (5.5 miles SSW) Wayne, PA (5.6 miles ENE) Saint Davids, PA (6 miles ENE) |
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Radnor Hunt, PA
(< 0.1 mile) Whitehorse Farms, PA (< 0.1 mile) Sugartown, PA (1.4 miles W) Whitehorse, PA (1.4 miles SSE) Leopard, PA (1.9 miles NE) |
Colonial Way, PA
(1.9 miles NNW) Buttonwood Farms, PA (1.9 miles ENE) Old Covered Bridge Estates, PA (1.9 miles ESE) Duffryn Mawr, PA (2.4 miles NNW) Dutton Mill, PA (2.4 miles SW) |
