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The town is named after Hardman Earle ( 11 July 1792 - 25 January 1877) who was the Chairman of the London and North Western Railway. The railway leased the Viaduct Foundry from Messrs. Jones & Potts. The foundry was so named because of its proximity to the viaduct Stephenson built so that the Liverpool and Manchester Railway could cross the Sankey valley. The foundry became ever busier and the houses that were constructed to house its workers became the town. The other major employer was coal mining.

Earlestown has a market, an impressive town hall and a railway station with frequent services to Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and North WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir.

Earlestown is also well-located as far as the road network is concerned, being close to junction 9 of the M62 motorwayThe M62 motorway connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull, in England. Along the way, it passes the cities of Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, and crosses the Pennine hills. The motorway is the most important east-west road in northern England., junctions 21A, 22 and 23 of the M6 motorwayThe M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England, United Kingdom. It runs from a junction with the M1 near Rugby in central England, passes through Birmingham and near Manchester (both major cities), and runs to Carlisle, close to the Scottish border., and the A580 East Lancashire Manchester-Liverpool road.