About Haverford, PA

Haverford is an unincorporated community located in both Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, and Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) opened Haverford Station in 1880 on their Main Line west out of Broad Street Station (now Suburban Station) in Philadelphia. Haverford sits at milepost 9.17. Haverford borders the unincorporated portion of Haverford Township called “Havertown,” as well as the unincorporated communities of Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne, Ardmore, Wynnewood, and a small portion of Broomall. Haverford’s name is derived from the name of the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK.Today, Haverford is most notable for being the site of Haverford College and one of the United States’ oldest country clubs, the Merion Cricket Club. Major roads in Haverford include Lancaster Avenue (US 30/Lincoln Highway), Montgomery Avenue, Haverford Road, and I-476 (Blue Route). == Demographics == As of August 2009, the average home price in the Haverford ZIP Code 19041 was $849,000. == Infrastructure == === Public Transportation === Haverford – Paoli/Thorndale Line Haverford – Norristown High Speed Line Suburban Bus Routes: 105 (Rosemont to 69th Street) and 106 (Paoli to 69th Street) == Historic Sites == == Notable people == David J. Adelman (born 1974), CEO of Campus Apartments and the co-founder and chairman of FS Investments John C. Bogle (1929–2019), financial guru, founder of The Vanguard Group of mutual funds. He was the author of several books, including “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing” (John Wiley, 2007). In 1999, Fortune magazine named Bogle as one of the four “Investment Giants” of the twentieth century.