Chadds Ford is named after a settler, John Chads, who in 1725 built his home and operated a tavern and ferry on the banks of the Brandywine Creek near a ford, but the community is best known as the home of the famous Wyeth artist family.

Chadds Ford combines the former Delaware County township of Birmingham with a village straddling the Delaware County/Chester County line, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine.

Three generations of Wyeths have lived in Chadds Ford since 1911. They include patriarch N.C., son Andrew, daughters Carolyn and Ann Wyeth McCoy, and grandson Jamie. 

The Brandywine Valley, from Chadds Ford to Wilmington, was the focus of much of their work.

Those collections can be seen today at the Brandywine Museum of Art.

The town is also the location for Brandywine Battlefield Park, commemorating the greatest single-day battle of the American Revolution.

Farther west up the road in Chester County is the Chaddsford Winery.

Chadds Ford is an affluent community, offering the rural character associated with Chester County.

“Typically, people choose Chadds Ford because of its proximity to Wilmington and Philly, but it’s ‘Chester County’ enough,” said David Maio Williams, at Keller Williams Realty in Kennett Square.

Read more about the history of Chadds Ford in Philadelphia Magazine