Whitehorse is an unincorporated community in Chester County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

History

The community was named after a local tavern which had on its signboard the image of a white horse.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitehorse, Chester County, Pennsylvania
  2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.

39°59′23″N 75°28′07″W / 39.98972°N 75.46861°W / 39.98972; -75.46861


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