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William Fleming, originally from Scotland, is one of the earliest landowners on record. He built a log cabin in the area of Harmony Street and 5th Avenue and owned about 207 acres (0.84 km2) of land bordering the Brandywine River.
Moses Coates, a prosperous farmer and the namesake of Coatesville, bought the cabin from Fleming's son in 1787.
The Lancaster Turnpike was the first toll road in the U.S., authorized in 1792 and completed in 1795. A tollgate was located within the present-day Coatesville city limits.
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History, News and Stories of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA

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1854 - Coatesville
Coatesville, a thriving post-village of Chester county, Pennsylvania, on the W. branch of Brandywine creek, where it is crossed by the Lancaster... Read MORE...
1871 - Double Tragedy
A young married woman, apparently in good health, fell dead in Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa., a few days ago, while preparing dinner, and her aged... Read MORE...
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1895 - Coatesville
Coatesville, a post-borough of Chester co, Pa., is finely situated in Chester Valley, on the West Branch of Brandywine Creek, and on the Pennsylvania ... Read MORE...
1902 - Fall Caused His Death.
Special to The Inquirer.
COATESVILLE, Pa., Feb. 12. - Thomas McNulty, of Philadelphia, an expert rigger employed by Marshall & McClintock, of... Read MORE...
1911 - PLAYED POOL WHILE FIRE BLAZED NEAR
Special to The Inquirer.
COATESVILLE, Pa., July 13. - While a fire burned in the business centre of the town and the fire whistle was giving the... Read MORE...
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1916
Coatesville, a banking post-borough of Chester co., Pa., in Chester Valley, on the West Branch of Brandywine Creek and on the Pennsylvania and the... Read MORE...
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1926 - Coatesville
Coatesville. - Located west of Downingtown, was incorporated in 1867, and present population is 15,000. There are twenty churches representing... Read MORE...
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