Elwyn, Pennsylvania

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Elwyn, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Elwyn is located in Pennsylvania
Elwyn
Elwyn
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
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Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Delaware
Township Middletown
Elevation 253 ft (77 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)

Elwyn is an unincorporated community in the Philadelphia-Camden metropolitan area. Elwyn is in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. Middletown Township had a population of 16,000 in the 2000 census. Elwyn has a latitude of 39.907N, longitude of -75.41W and an elevation of 253 feet above sea level.

Elwyn is home to Elwyn Inc., a facility caring for the needs of the developmentally disabled and disadvantaged.

Elwyn is named for Dr. Alfred L. Elwyn, a physician who founded The Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Children in 1854 with teacher James B. Richards.

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