Bennetts Corner is a populated place in

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at the intersection of Edison Furlong Road and Pebble Hill Road about southeast of Doylestown.https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved 4 December 2018

History

Bennetts Corner was named from the Bennett family who owned land in the area prior to 1870, and has been known by this name since the mid-1800s.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, Page 22.

Geography and statistics

Bennetts Corner was entered into the

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on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1203065, its elevation is listed as . An unnamed tributary of the

Neshaminy Creek Neshaminy Creek is a United States Geological Survey. National Hydrography DatasetThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 stream that runs entirely through Bucks County, Pennsylvania, rising south of the borough of Chalfont, where its north a ...

, part of the

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runs through the village. It is located in the Doylestown (18901) Zip code, and the telephone

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References

Unincorporated communities in Bucks County, Pennsylvania {{BucksCountyPA-geo-stub