Talk:Delaware County, Pennsylvania

message: The description of the county as politically very conservative is rather outdated.  It went for Kerry by 14 points this time.  It went for Rendell by 32 points in 02.  It went for Gore by 11 in 2000.  Another sign of changing demographics: in 2000, Santorum, a very conservative Republican, won the county by 10 points.  In 04, Specter, a much more moderate Republican actually from the Philly suburbs, won it by only 8.  So clearly the region is, like many other traditionally Republican suburban areas, nowhere near being a safe Republican county anymore, and seems to be becoming more and more Democratic. john k 00:06, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Outdated?

message: An old Who's Who lists Isaac Dutton Bernard as being born in Aston Township.  His wikipedia page says he's from Chester, Pennsylvania.  Have the boundaries changed over time or something?  Badbilltucker 18:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aston Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania has been in Delaware County, Pennsylvania since its founding over three centuries ago.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 20:22, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Isaac D. Barnard was born in Aston Township, PA, and his Wikipedia article says that. Perhaps he is the man mentioned above, perhaps not.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 20:38, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: How does Aston Township relate to Chester?

message: The sentence in the Media section about television studios in Bala-Cynwyd doesn't belong here, since they're in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. --Luciuskwok 20:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bala-Cynwyd is Not in Delaware County

message: I noticed that two of the school districts are listed with the word "Delco" in their names. I've lived in the Philadelphia area 20 years now, although all of this time has been spent in a suburban area on the other side of the city from Delaware County. I've seen references to Penn-Delco School District and Southeast Delco School District in the Philadelphia Inquirer, just as I've often seen the name "Delco" as an abbreviation for the county's name in headlines in this paper and elsewhere.
Is the word "Delco" in the name of either of these school district official? If so, was there ever a time when the name "Delaware County" was spelled out in either of them before eventually being changed to just "Delco"? If the name of either school district contains "Delaware County" instead of "Delco", this should be noted here (and also in its own Wikipedia entry) with a notation that it is popularly called by the form of the name that contains "Delco". RSLitman 20:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out http://www.pdsd.org/ and http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Reports/School/schSoutheastDelcoSD040506.pdf -- this is the official web page of the one district, and a state government audit report of the other district.  Both evidently do indeed officially use the word "Delco" in their names. Spikebrennan 02:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

text: You're probably not going to read this but maybe somebody wanting to know the same information will in the future so it won't be a complete waste.  Those school districts you reference are consolidated school districts.  Most of the school districts in Delaware County are consolidated, even ones that have the name of one township like Upper Darby. 24rhhtr7 (talk) 17:26, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Official Names of Two of the School Districts?

message: However true it may seem to be, there is no solid proof that Chester, PA is an economically depressed area.
It is also a very biased statement. Statements such as these do not belong on Wikipedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcusHookPa (talk • contribs) 19:01, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Don't Discriminate

message: It would be great if somebody could add some pictures of the Swedish Cabin area with a little section about it as well as the Millbourne area where the first mills in the Philadelphia area were built.  In that same general area, a picture of the Sellers library would be great as well, as that is a historically important plot of land and building.  A picture of the 69th St area would be great as well, and the terminal/El and some trolley and bus pics would be great for the Transportation section.  Under Recreation, it would be great if somebody could get a picture of people fishing during trout season, as that is a big event in some parts of the county and many people enjoy fishing along the Darby Creek.  Some pictures of the airport area would be great as well.  Also in Tinicum, some pictures of the Lazaretto are definitely needed.  Under Municipalities, having some pictures (or even a collage) of the different large municipalities in the county (Upper Darby, Chester, etc) would be great.  Under Geography, it would be great to have pictures of the dense neighborhoods of Chester, Marcus Hook, Clifton Heights, Darby, Upper Darby, Millbourne, East Lansdowne, etc, then pictures of some of the more suburban parts of the county, and lastly pictures of more rural and exurban parts of the county and the open space and nature present throughout the county, to give a sense of how varied the county really is.24rhhtr7 (talk) 10:50, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture ideas

message: This page could really use a "Culture" section, an "Economy" section, and a "Notable People" section.  The History section needs to be expanded greatly as well.
I'd be happy to help with the undertaking, as I want to see the county's page greatly improved.24rhhtr7 (talk) 10:50, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional Sections Needed

message: The linked topic doesn't list any attribute which could be construed as "compact".  Perhaps the editor meant to provide a reliable source which not only supports the comment, but clarifies it TEDickey (talk) 21:06, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Compact is a term used to describe the size of an area.  I'm sorry if you never learned this and thus think it isn't a real term.  Funny thing is, I did provide a reliable source, the list of counties in PA by area.  Maybe if you were less busy trying to come off as all-knowing and smart and more busy looking things up you don't understand, you wouldn't be having to make these unnecessary sections on the Talk page. 24rhhtr7 (talk) 04:07, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  compact? 

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message: This article refers to "row offices" and "row officers". Those terms appear to be unknown outside of Pennsylvania. Should something therefore be added explaining what it means? Michael Hardy (talk) 02:27, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps (depends on whether it's commonly used, though this and other topics have gone the other way).  this may help TEDickey (talk) 09:10, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

text: I have added a little block of text about it, but it's kind of awkwardly positioned since all of the other sections at that level only have tables. Please feel free to clean it up!  Alpha4615 (talk to me) 22:05, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "row officers" 

message: How does one deal with "*** Redirects to..." That are wrong?
In the Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railway, it references a predecessor line that built between Philipsburg and Fernwood Pennsylvania. That Fernwood Pennsylvania redirects here, but is actually located in Clearfield County, located between Houtzdale and Janesville, roughly adjacent to Ramey. - J.D. Gallaway - FCCorp.US (talk) 15:19, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirects 

message: The political section seems to feature a lot of subjective opinion that should likely be removed - who decided that the elections of Nusrat Rashid and Jack Stollsteimer were significant, for instance? I understand that they were "firsts" in the County, but that's not really relevant information about the political makeup of the County. Mentioning "Blue Wave" feels odd. There is a better way to demonstrate that the County has shifted blue, but right now it reads as subjective opinion of 2 randomly elected people. You could similarly cherry-pick other elections as "firsts" even if not significant.
--Reading through the section again, it has little to not flow. It's very piecemeal and lacks proper sourcing and repeats information (ie mentions that Democrats gained control of Council in 2019 multiple times). I plan to edit to read better.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Engineer-005 (talk • contribs) 02:48, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics 

message: It's misleading to list Chester as the largest city in the county. While Pennsylvania's idiosyncratic labeling of some communities as 'cities' vs. townships and boroughs does mean that Chester is the most populous entity with the actual 'city' label, a person looking for information about the county would not probably be aware of that and would expect to find out what is the largest self-governing community. By a normal person's standards, Upper Darby is the largest city in the county, having something like 2.5x Chester's population. SalamionRye (talk) 19:15, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: , Bucks County has something of the sort with "Largest Township: Bensalem". Would you be ok with something like this? (Abbreviated infobox for simplicity's sake) TartarTorte 19:42, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely, thanks! SalamionRye (talk) 19:44, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest City