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Dilworthtown is a small unincorporated crossroads village in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, whose entire historic core is preserved as the Dilworthtown Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Dilworthtown stood at the center of the fighting during the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777 — the battle effectively ended here around 7 p.m., when General Nathanael Greene's rearguard made a final stand to protect George Washington's retreating army on its march toward Chester.

The focal point of the village is the Dilworth House, built in stages in 1758, 1770, and around 1800 and long known as the Dilworthtown Inn, which has operated as an inn and tavern since the late 18th century.

The Dilworthtown Historic District contains just eight contributing buildings, including the Dilworthtown Store of 1858, the Dilworthtown Lyceum or meeting hall of about 1850, two tenant houses from about 1850, and a stone house built in 1820.

One building in Dilworthtown — a two-story log cabin dated to 1686 or the early 18th century — ranks among the oldest surviving structures in Chester County.

Casimir Pulaski's cavalry helped cover the American retreat through Dilworthtown at nightfall during the Battle of Brandywine, the largest single-day battle of the American Revolutionary War.

The William Brinton 1704 House, a National Historic Landmark, stands about a half mile south of the Dilworthtown Historic District in neighboring Chadds Ford Township.