Auto Repair in Phoenixville Pennsylvania

Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia at the junction of French Creek and the Schuylkill River. It is in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. According to a 2022 estimate, the population was 19,354.

For much of its history, Phoenixville was known for being home to the Phoenix Iron Works, however following the company’s closure in the 1980s and a resulting economic downturn, the town has been noted in recent years for its economic revitalization that has taken place.

The Phoenixville area was originally known as Manavon, after early-Chester County judge and politician David Lloyd bought a tract of land he named “Manavon” (believed to have come from Lloyd’s home parish of Manafon in Wales) in 1713. The town was originally settled in 1732. In its early years, Manavon developed around a grist mill situated upon the banks of the French Creek. In 1790, the French Creek Nail Works (later the Phoenix Iron Works) opened as the first nail factory in the United States, and would become the economic center of the town for nearly the next two centuries, producing notable products such as the Griffen gun and the Phoenix column.

During the early 19th century, Manavon saw an influx of Irish immigrants, mainly from County Donegal, who would construct a neighborhood on the banks of the Schuylkill River named “Sceilp Level” (an Irish term meaning “water flowing over rock’s edge”). These immigrants would help in the construction of the Schuylkill Canal in 1827 and the Black Rock Tunnel in 1838, which gave the north side of the town the name “Tunnel Hill”. On March 6, 1849, despite public opposition, Manavon was incorporated as a borough and was renamed to “Phoenixville”, officially separating from Schuylkill Township.

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