Booths Corner, Pennsylvania facts for kids
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Booths Corner, Pennsylvania
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Unincorporated community
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 Booths Corner, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
Booths Corner, Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Delaware |
| Township | Bethel |
| Elevation | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1170001 |
Booths Corner is an unincorporated community in Bethel Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Booths Corner is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 261 (Foulk Road) and Pennsylvania Route 491 (Naamans Creek Road).
Booths Corner is named after Thomas Booth, who became a merchant in the village in 1854 and served as postmaster. The Booth family in Bethel can be traced back to Robert Booth who emigrated to Pennsylvania from Yorkshire, England in 1712.
Notable people
Francis Harvey Green - educator, poet and lecturer
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