Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania 2025

Upper Providence Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,282.

Upper Providence Township is located along the western border of Delaware County. It is bordered to the west by Chester County, to the north by West Chester, to the east by Middletown Township, and to the south by Springfield Township.

Upper Providence has a total area of 22.8 square miles (59 km2). The township is located in a region of rolling hills and fertile soil not far from the Brandywine River.

Upper Providence Township is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Upper Providence Township was founded in 1800 when it was separated from the adjacent Middletown Township.

Communities in Upper Providence Township include the BirminghamForge, Carrcroft, Cedars, Chelsea, Country Park, Crosslands, Drexel Park, Garrett Hill, Goshen Hill, Grayson Manor, Honeybrook, Lawncroft, Lynnwood, Margarum, RobinsNest, Rollingwood, Rose Tree Hunt, Skilegle, Wetherill, Willowbrook, Wyndom, and parts of Bradford Hills, Brandywine Hundred, and Concord.

Upper Providence has a township form of government and is governed by a township supervisors, elected at-large for six-year staggered terms.

Services in Upper Providence include four fire stations operated by the Upper Providence Township Fire Department, a general-purpose police force, and a waste water treatment plant. The township operates ten public parks and a community center.

Notable people who lived at Upper Providence Township includes David Davenport, (1769-1845), member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.