Yesterday I put up a post about Hayti / Passtown which is part of the Coatesville area. So many seemed to like it, so I went into newspaper archives and did a search. And I did another internet search. And I tried to search the Chester County History Center online archives, and came up empty there, which surprised me truthfully. I found in 2023, the Hayti Historical Society purchased a building from Valley Township at 890 W. Lincoln Highway. The Hayti Historical Society had a website, but it is currently down pending updates it says.

Historical Society purchases old Valley Township municipal building

I also found a 2021 article in The Daily Local wrote about the Hayti Cemetery (also known as New Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Passtown Cemetery, Midway Cemetery, Midway Hill Cemetery)

At Chester County cemetery, honoring those who fought for freedom

Also found a video about the memorial day ceremony of 2021:

This area is in a brief history of Valley Township:

https://www.valleytownship.org/about/pages/valley-township-history

Hayti is an unincorporated community within Valley Township, yet it has a very specific history that deserves more attention, especially in light of America’s upcoming 250th, right?

what’s in a name? hayti, passtown?

I also found this really interesting presentation:

I am going to post a slew of clippings I found today. I am hoping all of these old clippings with encourage others to share more about the history of Hayti / Passtown so it is not lost to time entirely.

I would welcome being able to post old photos of Hayti as well since they don’t appear to have any online for people to see in the Chester County History archives.

Thanks for stopping by.