Birmingham Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Osborne Hill
Photographed by Parker Leake, September 12, 2014
1. Osborne Hill Marker
General Howe
Command Post
September 11, 1777
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 1777.
Location. 39° 55.36′ N, 75° 36.526′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Birmingham Township. It can be reached from the intersection of Birmingham Road and Country Club Road. The gate post is on private property. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 901 Birmingham Rd, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Osborne's Hill (a few steps from
this page online
Photographed by Keith S Smith
2. Marker is on the gate post in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,218 times since then and 60 times this year. Last updated on January 26, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on September 15, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 2. submitted on December 16, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
