Red Lion Pennsylvania Map

About Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Red Lion is a locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,512. The population density is 1914.9 people per km². Red Lion is located at 39.8986°N, 76.6077°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Red Lion is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 18062, 19348, 17356.

Red Lion manifests as a quiet intersection of brick and asphalt, anchored firmly in the rolling agricultural expanse of Pennsylvania. It lies 7.0 miles southwest of West Chester, PA (from West Chester, PA: bearing 215°T), and is situated 8.5 miles southwest of West Goshen. The landscape surrounding Red Lion unfolds in steady, rhythmic swells of earth, where the soil holds the deep, dark color of a long-tilled garden. Moisture gathers in the low swales near the East Branch Red Clay Creek, cooling the evening air as it moves across the fields. At the edge of the horizon, the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains suggest a vastness that grounds the local scale, while the quiet proximity of Longwood Gardens offers a disciplined, botanical contrast to the wilder, unkempt thickets that border the town’s periphery.

Furniture manufacturing once defined the steady pulse of Red Lion, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy workshops and the lingering scent of sawdust in the older quarters. The economy has shifted, yet the spirit of the place remains tied to the deliberate, measured labor of its forebears, visible in the solid construction of the local storefronts and the reliable pace of daily life. Residents occasionally wander toward the Kennett Square Reservoir to watch the light flatten against the water, or look toward the distant shade of Red Lion State Forest when the summer heat presses down on the pavement. In the quiet hours of dusk, the town feels like a pause in the wider movement of the state, a place where the history of industry is still legible in the clean, unadorned lines of the architecture.

About This Red Lion Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Lion, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.898606, -76.607749. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Red Lion includes the ZIP code (18062, 19348, 17356), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Chester County (West Chester), and school district assignment (Red Lion Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.