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Eddystone is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,442 at the 2000 census. ==Early history== The area at the mouth of Ridley Creek was first called "Tequirassy" by Native Americans. The land was owned by Olof Persson Stille, one of the early settlers from New Sweden, who had immigrated in 1641. Olof Stille, a millwright by trade, came from Penningby Manor in Länna in the county of Uppland, north of Stockholm, Sweden. After the conquest of the colony by the Dutch in 1658, Stille was one of the four commissaries or magistrates appointed to administer justice among the inhabitants, and thus became a judge of the first court on the banks of the Delaware.〔''History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania''. (by Henry Graham Ashmead. Chapter LIV. Ridley Township. Philadelphia:L. H. Everts & Co.1884)〕〔''Olof Persson Stille and his Family'' (by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig. Swedish Colonial News, Volume 1, Number 16. Fall 1997) ()〕 The Borough of Eddystone was formed around the Eddystone Print Works.〔''Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania'' (by Samuel T. Wiley, Gresham Publishing Company New York 1894) p. 80〕 William Simpson & Sons established the Eddystone Print Works on the land that is now Eddystone in October 1873, after the land on which their previous factory had operated was condemned to make way for Fairmount Park.〔''The Awards and Claims of Exhibitors at the International Exhibition 1876'' (National Association of Wool Manufacturers Boston) p. 138〕 Eddystone Borough was incorporated on December 7, 1888.〔''Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania'' (by Samuel T. Wiley, Gresham Publishing Company New York 1894) p. 123〕 Eddystone's petition for incorporation was challenged in court on several grounds, including that "the finances of the township of Ridley and of the Ridley school district will be diminished by the creation of this borough." 〔''In re Eddystone Borough,'' 3 Delaware County Reports 541, 542 (1888)〕 On December 3, 1888, the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas issued an opinion rejecting these claims, noting that while Ridley's "revenues...will be diminished, so will its burdens." 〔''In re Eddystone Borough,'' 3 Delaware County Reports 541, 542 (1888).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddystone, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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