History of Parkesburg Borough (1881); Chester County, PA

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from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, by Futhey and Cope (1881);
 
This Borough was incorporated March 1, 1872.  When the State constructed the RR 
from Philadelphia to Columbia, the work-shops, commonly called the State shops, 
were located at Parkesburg, and continued there until the year of 1861, when 
their operations were removed by the Pa RR to Harrisburg, as a more central 
point.  The buildings at Parkesburg formerly occupied by these shops are now 
*(1881) owned and operated as a rolling-mill by Horace A. Beale.  Parkesburg 
received its name from the Parkes , an old and influential family in this 
section of the county.  3 generations of this family have been members of the 
Legislature of the state - Joseph Parkes, John G. Parke and Robert Parke, and 
the latter has alls been an associate judge of the county.