History of Spring City Borough (1881); Chester County, PA

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from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, by Futhey and Cope (1881);
 
  The borough of Springville, on the Schuylkill River, was taken from the 
eastern part of East Vincent twp and incorporated by a decree of court in 1867.  
In 1872 the name was changed to Spring City.  The change was made so that the 
name of the town and post-office might be the same.  The post-office at this 
place was originally called East Vincent, and when a Change became desirable it 
was found that there was already an office called Springville in Pa, and hence 
the necessity that another name should be chosen.  The name of Spring City was 
adopted and conferred upon the post-office, and the name of the borough altered 
to correspond with it.