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Folcroft, PA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Folcroft a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Folcroft Home page. The Folcroft Home page provides as much information as possible on Folcroft. Knowing Folcroft’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Folcroft’s Home page, you will also find Folcroft’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Folcroft has a population of 6629. 44.9% of Folcroft’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.1 are female. 36.6% of Folcroft is married and 65.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $109,634, and the average rent is $1,203. Household median income in Folcroft is $56,169, and the individual median income is $29,473. Folcroft’s Ethnic is the following: White(48.6%), Black(45.7%), Hispanic(6.6%), Multiple(3.2%), Asian(1.5%), Other(0.5%), Native(0.4%), Pacific(0.1%).
The origin of Folcroft can be traced back to the mid 1600s and early settlements of New Sweden. Delmar Drive was once part of Calcon Hook Road. Calcon is the Swedish word for "turkey," and Hook is the Swedish word for "road". The original road was a Leni Lenape trail called "Turkey's Neck Trail" by the settlers, and was no more than 4 feet (1.2 m) wide. Originally productive farmlands, it became a residential suburb of Philadelphia with the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad through the area in 1874.
A passenger stop was built and named Folcroft, or "leafy fields". Originally part of Darby Township, Folcroft was incorporated as a borough in 1922.In August 1963, the Baker family became the first African-American family to purchase a house in Folcroft in the Delmar village complex. When local white residents learned of the purchase, the house was vandalized and a crowd of over a thousand people prevented the Baker family from entering their home.
100 Pennsylvania State Troopers were required to control the crowd and allow the Bakers to enter their home. The harassment and vandalism continued and forced the Bakers to sell the home and move in 1966.In 2020, Folcroft became the first municipality in Delaware County to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.On January 3, 2022, Franny DiCicco was sworn in as the first female Mayor of Folcroft in its 100 year history.
The incoming Mayor won election along with Democratic candidates in a clean sweep of the open seats of the Borough on Election Day 2021.
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