Cheyney University

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Cheyney University

Total population

308

Median home value

$0

Median income

$0

Weather65°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates39.93°, -75.53°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University, which had a population of 988 at the 2010 census, and 565 at the 2020 census. It is the home of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The university derives its name from George Cheyney's Farm, which became the current campus of Cheyney University in 1902. George Cheyney's Farm and the surrounding area was part of the original land grant given to William Penn in 1681.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cheyney University, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Ted Meredith

American athletics competitor (1891–1957)

Powell Clayton

American politician (1833-1914)

Edwin Bell Forsythe

Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey (1916-1984)

Daniel Garrison Brinton

American archaeologist and ethnologist (1837-1899)

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Joseph Willcox Jenkins

American musician, composer and professor (1928-2014)

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Ava Lustra

American pornographic actress

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Vincent Margera

American television personality (1956–2015)

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Francis W. Pennell

U.S. botanist (1886–1952)

Phil Margera

American reality television personality

April Margera

American reality television personality

Bevan Sharpless

American astronomer (1904-1950)

Ed Bolden

American baseball executive

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Ed Yarnall

American baseball player

Eli Kirk Price

American politician (1797-1884)

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Emmor Cope

Major, US Army

Francis James

U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1799-1886)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cheyney University

History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940

Edward Potts Cheyney · 1940

History of the University of Pennsylvania

Edward Potts Cheyney · 1940

Edward Potts Cheyney

William E. Lingelbach · 1935

Social Changes in England in the Sixteenth-Century As Reflected in Contemporary Literature (Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in philology, ... literature and archaeology, v. 4, no. 2)

Edward Potts Cheyney · 1978

Memorial : Herman Vandenburg Ames

Edward Potts Cheyney · 1936

University of Pennsylvania

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain · 1901

Translations and reprints from the original sources of European history

University of Pennsylvania. Department of History · 1897

Portrait of an historian

William E. Lingelbach · 1935

Search results from Open Library.