


Open, and Llanerch Country Club hosted the 1958 PGA Championship. Haverford Township holds the distinction of having hosted two different men's major golf championships at two different golf clubs: Merion Golf Club hosted the 1934, 1950, 1971, 1981, and 2013 U.S. The township population as of the 2020 census was 50,431, making it the 14th most populous municipality in the state. The unincorporated community of Havertown lies wholly within Haverford Township. Haverford Township contains portions of the unincorporated communities of Haverford, Ardmore, and Wynnewood as well as the census designated places of Bryn Mawr and Drexel Hill. Haverford Township was founded in 1682 and incorporated in 1911. Despite being under a home rule charter since 1977, it continues to operate under a Board of Commissioners divided into wards, as do "First Class" townships that are still under the Pennsylvania Township Code.

It is a commuting suburb located due west of Philadelphia and is officially known as the Township of Haverford. Haverford is named after the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, United Kingdom. Haverford Township is a home rule municipality township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
