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Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Tinicum Township, more popularly known as "Tinicum Island" or "The Island", is a census-designated place and township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,353 at the 2000 census. Included within the townships boundaries are the communities of Essington and Lester. One of the island's notable aspects is the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, attracting visitors to the island year-round. The international terminal, the western end of the airfield, and runways 9L/27R and 9R/27L of Philadelphia International Airport is located in Tinicum Township.
==History==
Tinicum Township has the distinction of being the site of the first recorded European settlement in Pennsylvania. Fort Nya Gothenborg, located on the South River, was settled by colonial Swedes in 1643. It served as capital of the New Sweden Colony, under the rule of Royal Governor Johan Björnsson Printz. Governor Printz built his manor house, The Printzhof, on Tinicum Island from which he administered the colony. The original Lenape called the place ''Tin-eek Unk''.〔''History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania'' (Henry Graham Ashmead. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co. 1884) ()〕 The township is the site of the Philadelphia Lazaretto〔(Tinicum history )〕 It and The Printzhof are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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