Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Chadds Ford, PA

Chadds Ford is a census-designated place straddling Chester and Delaware counties in the Brandywine Valley, first counted by the Census Bureau in 2020, when it recorded a population of 1,476.

Chadds Ford takes its name from the ford across Brandywine Creek used by the Chadsey (Chadds) family; Francis Chadsey, who received the land from William Penn, built a grist mill on the creek at the site of the village in 1703.

The Battle of Brandywine, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought at Chadds Ford on September 11, 1777, when nearly 30,000 soldiers clashed and George Washington's forces, posted to defend the ford, were outflanked by General Howe's British army.

Chadds Ford was the home of painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth, and his son Andrew Wyeth and grandson Jamie Wyeth also lived and worked there, making the village the heart of the Brandywine School of art.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art, housed in a converted Civil War-era gristmill in Chadds Ford, showcases the work of three generations of the Wyeth family alongside other American illustrators such as Howard Pyle and Horace Pippin.

Howard Pyle, the founder of the Brandywine School, kept a summer residence in Chadds Ford called Painter's Folly, where many of his students gathered.

The center of Chadds Ford village forms the Chadds Ford Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Brandywine Creek runs through the center of the Chadds Ford CDP and forms the boundary between Chester and Delaware counties as it passes through the village.

Chadds Ford is also home to the Christian C. Sanderson Museum, which preserves the eclectic collection of a local historian, and to the Chaddsford Winery, a family-run winery founded in 2001.