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{{Distinguish|Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby Township
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'''Darby''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania
==History==
===17th century===
Darby was settled in 1682 by seven [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] families led by abolitionist and fair trade advocate John Blunston. The name Darby is derived from the English city of [[Derby]] (pronounced ''"Darby"''), the [[county town]] of [[Derbyshire]] (pronounced ''"Darbyshire"''), the origin of many early settlers.{{sfn|Gannett|1905|p=100}} Incorporated on May 3, 1853,{{sfn|Ashmeade|Hungerford|1884|p=516}} it had 3,429 residents in 1900, 6,305 in 1910, 10,334 in 1940, and 10,687 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]].
Darby founder John Blunston immigrated to Pennsylvania in October 1682. He was involved in real estate, agriculture, and goods trading. An early Quaker settler, Blunston was a close associate of [[William Penn]] and an active political figure in early Pennsylvania. He first served in the Colonial Assembly from 1683 to 1688. In this early stage of provincial government, Blunston became a strong proponent for the rights of the Assembly. In 1685 Blunston was appointed to a committee that argued against the Provincial Council's practice of enacting laws without legislative approval. In the same year, Blunston led the Assembly in their attempt to impeach Chief Justice Nicholas More. Blunston returned to the Assembly for the 1695 term. During his second period of service in the Assembly, he was elected the 12th Speaker of the Assembly on May 10, 1697. He was re-elected Speaker on May 10, 1699, and again on May 10, 1700. During this time he was instrumental in drafting a new frame of government for the Province. He retired from the Assembly after the 1701 term.
===18th century===
In addition to Blunston's service in the Assembly, he served as a Provincial Councilor starting in 1700 and ending in 1723. He served as justice of the peace for Chester County from 1684 to 1693 and again from 1695 to 1703. He was also actively involved with Darby Quaker Meeting House in what was then Chester County (now Delaware County), and was one of the Quakers who fought to cease the slave trade amongst Friends. He called upon purchasers to boycott products made by slaves as stolen products, thus advocating what we would call today a "Fair Trade" policy. He represented the Chester Quarterly Meeting at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends 17 times between 1688 and 1715.
Darby is home to the fifth-oldest all-volunteer Fire Department and the [[Darby Free Library]], one of the oldest libraries in the United States, founded in 1743.The Darby Friends Burial Ground is the oldest Cemetery in Pennsylvania in continuous use, opened in 1682.
===19th century===
The first temperance society in Pennsylvania is documented in a record, "Darby Association for Discouraging the Unnecessary Use of Spirituous Liquors", organized in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]] in 1819, at the Darby Friends Meetinghouse.
In 1833, three of the founding fourteen women to create the Pennsylvania Female Anti Slavery Society were members of the Darby Friends Meeting.
===20th century===
{{Further|Darby 1919 lynching attempt}}
Violent racial incidents hit all over the country as part of the [[Red Summer|1919 Red Summer]]. The [[Darby 1919 lynching attempt]] was the attempted [[lynching]] of Samuel Gorman of Darby on July 23, 1919. Samuel Gorman, a 17-year-old black boy, was sent to jail for the alleged murder of William E. Taylor.
==Geography==
Darby has a total area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all
==Demographics==
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|2000= 10299
|2010= 10687
|2020= 10715
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602094321/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=2 June 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/collingdaleboroughpennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Darby borough, Pennsylvania – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Darby borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US4218152|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Darby borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4218152&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Darby borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4218152&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|3,722
|1,706
|style='background: #ffffe6; |895
|36.14%
|15.96%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.35%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|6,143
|8,330
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,849
|59.65%
|77.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82.59%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|11
|26
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|0.11%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|84
|74
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78
|0.82%
|0.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|7
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.07%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|29
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70
|0.28%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.65%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|205
|304
|style='background: #ffffe6; |330
|1.99%
|2.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.08%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|98
|228
|style='background: #ffffe6; |468
|0.95%
|2.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.37%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,299'''
|'''10,687'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''10,715'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
===2010===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 10,299 people, 3,405 households and 2,393 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|12,624.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,999 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,902.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 36.37% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 60.00% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.87% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.51% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.95% of the population.
There were 3,405 households, out of which 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 30.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.45.
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==Education==
[[William Penn School District]] serves Darby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42045_delaware/DC20SD_C42045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Delaware County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-05}}</ref> The district was created in 1972; prior to that year, Darby was in the Darby-Colwyn School District.<ref name=Hilfertylibrary>{{cite news|last=Hilferty|first=John|title=East Lansdowne's Heart Big|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|place=[[Philadelphia]]|date=1972-11-05|pages=1 N-W, N-W}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/134708993/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/134709022/ of second page] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>
*Park Lane Elementary School (K-6)
*Walnut Street Elementary School (K-6)
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* [[Penn Wood High School]], Green Avenue Campus (10-12) (Lansdowne)
The city is also home to [[Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church (Darby, Pennsylvania)|Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM)]], a parochial school affiliated with the [[Roman Catholic
==Transportation==
===Highways and roads===
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-16 14 58 10 View north along U.S. Route 13 (MacDade Boulevard) just north of Springfield Road in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|US 13]] northbound in Darby]]}}
As of 2018, there were {{convert|14.14|mi}} of public roads in Darby, of which {{convert|2.19|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|11.95|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/23407.pdf|title=Darby Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>
[[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 13]] is the only numbered highway serving Darby. It follows a southwest-to-northeast alignment along MacDade Boulevard through the center of the borough.
===Trains===
Darby is served by the [[SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines]] number [[SEPTA Route 11|11]] and [[SEPTA Route 13|13]] at the [[Darby Transportation Center]] and the SEPTA [[Wilmington/Newark Line]] at the [[Darby station]].
Darby once had
==Politics ==
Darby Borough is in Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional district, currently represented by Democrat [[Mary Gay Scanlon]].
In the Pennsylvania legislature, Darby is represented by Democrat Joanna E. McClinton in the 191st House District.
Darby is in the 8th Pennsylvania Senate District, represented by Democrat Anthony H. Williams.
In local politics, Democrats hold an absolute majority of the borough's council seats, and the mayorship is held by Democrat
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! Office !! Ward !! Holder !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilwoman
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilman
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
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|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
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|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilwoman ||
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilman || 2nd Ward||
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilwoman || 2nd Ward|| Janice Davis || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilman (President) || 2nd Ward|| Rudolph Taylor III || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilman || 3rd Ward||
|}
==Notable people==
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* [[Paula Brown]]Former Mayor of Darby Borough known for her verbal battles with retired police chief Robert Smythe. Also known for locking herself in borough hall.
* [[John Blunston]], a [[Quakers|Quaker]] who founded Darby and was an early opponent of slavery and a three-time Speaker of the Colonial Assembly (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/SpeakerBios/SpeakerBio.cfm?id=76)
* [[Martha Schofield]], Quaker, American educator who devoted most of her life to the advancement of African-American education after the Civil War
...end comment-->
* [[Stephen Barrar]] (b. 1954), member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 160|Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 160th district]]
* [[John Bartram]] (1699-1777), Quaker, early American botanist and father of the even more famous traveler and botanist William Bartram, was born in Darby and is buried there at the Friends Burial Ground at 12th and Main Street. His botanical garden exists nearby and is the oldest surviving botanical garden in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bartramsgarden.org/?page_id=27 |title=Experience America’s first botanic garden |access-date=2012-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206100314/http://www.bartramsgarden.org/?page_id=27 |archive-date=2012-02-06 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
* [[Leo Burt]] (b. 1948), placed on FBI "Ten Most Wanted" list for his role in the [[Sterling Hall bombing]]; born in Darby
* [[John Drew (baseball)|John Drew]], Negro league baseball executive
* [[W.C. Fields]], comedian and actor; born in 1880 at the Arlington Hotel, then located at 832 Main Street
* [[John Patrick Cardinal Foley]], former Grand Master of the [[Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem]] and former president of the [[Pontifical Council for Social Communications]], lived in retirement in Darby at the
* [[Monica Horan]], actress best known for her role as Amy MacDougall on ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''
* [[Jeff LaBar]], rock guitarist for [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]]
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