In 1802, citizens met to build a 20 by 30 stone schoolhouse with a cellar and well. In 1804, subscribers purchased this two-acre lot and selected Joseph Hewlings, Joseph Pearson, Stacy Haines, Hannah Haines and Abigail Middleton as first Trustees. The old Chester Township was split in half, by Act of the Senate and Assembly of New Jersey on March 15, 1860 – and the lands that were eventually to become Delran were on that date a part of the new Cinnaminson Township. The first Town Meeting was held at the West-Chester school house. This West-Chester school house was a new building at the time and was located in the portion of the new Cinnaminson Township that was later to become Delran.  More specifically, the schoolhouse of 1860 was on Chester Avenue about 1/4 mile off the Burlington Turnpike (Route 130). The schoolhouse, incidentally, was described in early records as a $1,000 property with 67 scholars registered, average attendance was of 34, with one -female teacher at $36.00 per month. The school was open from 1804 to 1899.