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Geryville, Pennsylvania
Geryville is a village located mainly in Milford Township, Bucks County but also in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The first letter of the name is pronounced as a hard "g." It is located just north of Route 663 and is split between the East Greenville zip code of 18041 and the Pennsburg zip code of 18073. Originally known as Aurora, the village received its name from the postmaster Jesse Gery in 1865. The Publick House on the corner of Sleepy Hollow Road and Geryville Pike played a prominent role in Fries's Rebellion of 1799.http://www.milfordtownship.org/info.html It is drained via the Macoby Creek southward into the Perkiomen Creek and Schuylkill River The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania. The river was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal, and several of its tributaries drain major parts of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. It fl .... Gallery File:Jamison Publick Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Spinnerstown, Pennsylvania
Spinnerstown is a census-designated place in Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just northwest of the Quakertown interchange of I-476 with Route 663. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,826 residents. The community was named for the Spinner family, which settled in 1753. While the village has a PO Box post office with the zip code of 18968, the surrounding area uses the Quakertown zip code of 18951. It is located on the Molasses Creek, which drains via the Unami Creek into the Perkiomen Creek. Milford Township's government centre is located at 2100 Krammes Road, just southeast of the village. The Spinner House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Climate Spinnerstown has a hot-summer humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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Palm, Pennsylvania
Palm is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies along Pennsylvania Route 29 between Hereford and East Greenville at latitude 40.4281539 longitude −75.5329608. It is located in Upper Hanover Township and the ZIP code is 18070. The Hosensack Creek flows from the northeast into the Perkiomen Creek and forms the natural southern boundary of the village. The area south of the Hosensack Creek is served by the East Greenville post office with the ZIP of 18041. Palm is the site of one of the five remaining Schwenkfelder Churches in the United States. It is also the birthplace of science fiction writer, publisher and minister Lloyd Arthur Eshbach Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (June 20, 1910 – October 29, 2003) was an American science fiction fan, publisher and writer, secular and religious publisher, and minister. Biography Born in Palm, Pennsylvania, Eshbach grew up in Reading in the sa .... Gallery File:Post Office 18070, Palm PA. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Greenville, Pennsylvania
East Greenville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,951 at the 2010 census. It is one of a strip of small towns that run together along Route 29, including Red Hill, Pennsburg and East Greenville. The borough is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District. History In 1950, Hans and Florence Knoll moved the headquarters of their company Knoll (known for its modern furniture pieces by architects and designers such as Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, and Harry Bertoia) to the town, where it remains today. In 2011, the Knoll factory employed about 700 people. Geography East Greenville is located at (40.405626, −75.504144). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2010 census, the borough was 93.7% White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, and 1.9% were two or more races. 3.3% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. As of the cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsburg is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 3,889 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District. It is also part of the strip of small towns that run together along Pennsylvania Route 29, Route 29: Red Hill, Pennsylvania, Red Hill, Pennsburg, and East Greenville, Pennsylvania, East Greenville. The towns are collectively referred to as Upper Perk. Geography Pennsburg is located at (40.395595, −75.497361). According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Pennsburg is located northwest of Philadelphia and southwest of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Quakertown. Pennsburg's elevation is at above sea level. A nature preserve is along Macoby Creek. The borough has a hot-summer, humid continental climate (''Dfa'') and average monthly temperatures range from 29.9°F in January to 74.6°F in July. The United States Department of Agriculture, USDA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Marlborough Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,178 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District. History In 1741, Marlboro Township was partitioned from the original Salford Township. At some point in time after the 1940 U.S. Federal Census, the township was officially renamed Marlborough Township. Some historical and genealogical references retain the early spelling of the community. The Bauern Freund Print Shop, Andreas Rieth Homestead, Sutch Road Bridge in Marlborough Township, and Swamp Creek Road Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.7 square miles (32.9 km2), of which 12.5 square miles (32.5 km2) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.4 km2) (1.34%) is water. It is drained by the Perkiomen Creek into the Schuylkill River and consists mainly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland, Pennsylvania
Finland is a village and an unincorporated community on the Unami Creek in southern Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between the Green Lane Zip Code of 18054 and the Pennsburg zip code of 18073. The immediate area was known in the 1920s as the " Poconos of Philadelphia" and as "The Fineland," and it is from this latter name that the US post office had put it on the map as Finland in 1886. Multiple summer camps have been located in this area and one of them is still in use. The Unami Creek flows southward to the Perkiomen Creek. The village was established by Finnish immigrants to New Sweden New Sweden ( sv, Nya Sverige) was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now the United States from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power. New Sweden f .... References {{authority control Finnish-American culture in Pennsylvania Unincorporated com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosensack, Pennsylvania
Hosensack (HOE-zen-sak) is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lower Milford Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. The Hosensack Creek flows southwestward through the village into the Perkiomen Creek in Palm, Pennsylvania, Palm. Zionsville, Pennsylvania, Zionsville is two miles to the north and Hosensack residents use its zip code of 18092, except for a very small number on Mill Hill who use the East Greenville, Pennsylvania, East Greenville zip code of 18041. It is in the Pennsburg telephone exchange and uses Area codes 215, 267, and 445, area code 215. History During the mid-1730s, the Kings Highway was surveyed and settlement began in the Hosensack Valley. A group of German travelers compelled to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Milford Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 9,902 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Quakertown interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476). Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.1 square miles (72.8 km2), of which 28.1 square miles (72.7 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.11%) is water. Milford Township is in the Delaware watershed and most of it is drained by the Unami Creek and Macoby Creek into the Perkiomen Creek and Schuylkill River, but an area in the eastern portion is drained eastward by the Tohickon Creek. Other natural features include Butter Creek, Hazelback Creek, Kuglers Roost, Licking Creek, Morgan Run, and Schmoutz Creek.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1. In Milford Township, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill River
The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania. The river was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal, and several of its tributaries drain major parts of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 from Pottsville to Philadelphia, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries. In 1682, William Penn chose the left bank of the confluence upon which he founded the planned city of Philadelphia on lands purchased from the native Delaware nation. It is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River, and its whole length was once part of the Delaware people's southern territories. The river's watershed of about lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania, the upper portions in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachian Mountains where the folding of the mountain ridges metamorphically modified bit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perkiomen Creek
Perkiomen Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The water course was also named Perquaminck Creek, on Thomas Holme's 1687 map. The creek begins in Hereford Township, Berks County, initially flows eastward into Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, and turns southward to reenter Hereford Township before entering Montgomery County. It is from the Lenape term ''Pakihm Unk'' (pronounced for Pah Keym Unk), which means "cranberry place" in English. The Green Lane Reservoir is formed by a dam on the creek on the north side of Green Lane that backs up water from there to the north of Route 663. Perkiomen Creek joins the Schuylkill River approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) downstream of the community of Audubon, the location of the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
