Aston Township, Pennsylvania
The current boundaries of Aston were established in 1945, when the northwestern portion of the township seceded to form the borough of Chester Heights.The Seven Stars Inn, located at Concord Road's "Five Points" intersection, served as overnight quarters for British General Cornwallis on September 13, 1777, two days after the Battle of the Brandywine, as British forces slowly pursued George Washington's army.[7] A new veterans' memorial, dedicated to all veterans who lived in the township (and present-day Chester Heights prior to 1948) from the American Revolution to the present-day Operation Iraqi Freedom, along with Aston Township EMTs, police, and firefighters killed in the line of duty, has been built at the same intersection, opposite the former inn site.Chester Creek, a southeastward-flowing tributary of the Delaware River, forms the eastern border of the township.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15.1 km2), all land.Aston is also the home of Neumann University, a small Catholic-affiliated liberal arts institution.[14] The Aston Rebels of the North American Hockey League played their home games at the IceWorks Skating Complex from 2015 to 2017.They played their home games at Sun Valley High School from 2006 to 2013, after relocating from Glen Mills.
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