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Warminster Township (also referred to as Warminster) is located in
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,
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, United States. It was formally established in 1711. The township is 13.7 miles north of
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and had a population of 32,682 according to the
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.


History

The town was called Warminster Township as early as 1685, before its borders were formally established in 1711. It was originally part of Southampton Township, which was founded in 1682 by
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.
Warminster Warminster () is an ancient market town with a nearby garrison, and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in south west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of about 17,000 in 2011. The 11th-c ...
was named after a small town in the county of Wiltshire, at the western extremity of Salisbury Plain, England. Warminster, Pennsylvania was mostly settled by English and Scotch-Irish colonists after William Penn received a grant of land in the area from King Charles, II. It was the site of the
Battle of Crooked Billet The Battle of Crooked Billet was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on May 1, 1778 near the Crooked Billet Tavern (present-day Hatboro, Pennsylvania). In the skirmish action, British forces under the ...
during the Revolutionary War, which resulted in a resounding defeat for
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's colonial troops. Warminster's
Craven Hall Craven Hall is a historic building located in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, at the corner of Newtown Road and East Street Road (Pennsylvania Route 132, Route 132), a five-lane arterial road which runs through the central commercial district. ...
is included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Warminster's most significant historical figure was
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, an outspoken religious leader and educator. Warminster began as a small farming community, and agriculture was central to most of its history. The first steamboat model was designed and made in Warminster township. John Fitch and Steven Pagano were the inventors and designers of the model steam boat that was tried out on the Delaware river and successfully floated. During
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, the U.S. Navy acquired an industrial site here from the
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in 1943. The Center initially served as a weapons development and airplane testing facility. The
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, previously called the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center and then the Naval Air Development Center, operated in Warminster from World War II until it closed in 1996. As recently as 1955, the township had no residential subdivisions and only one housing complex, Lacey Park off County Line Road. In the 1960s the naval site became adapted as a training center for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. The facility also developed a prototype "
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," best known as the indestructible recorder of cockpit conversations and information in the event of a crash.


Geography

Warminster Township is 3.7 miles northwest of Philadelphia at their closest points and has a total area of 10.2 square miles (26.5 km2), all land. Warminster is drained by the Delaware River tributaries 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 ...
and the
Pennypack Creek Pennypack Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 creek in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs southeast through lower Bucks Count ...
.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1. Its villages include Babytown, Breadysville (also in Warwick Township,) Casey Highlands, Davisville, Hartsville (also in Warwick Township), Johnsville, Rosewood Park, Warminster, and Warminster Heights.


Neighboring municipalities

* Warrington Township (northwest) * Warwick Township (north) *
Ivyland Ivyland is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is known for one of the finest collections of Victorian architecture, Victorian buildings in the state, most of which is registered with the ...
(northeast) * Northampton Township (northeast) * Upper Southampton Township (southeast) * Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County (south) * Hatboro, Montgomery County (southwest) * Horsham Township, Montgomery County (southwest)


Climate

According to the
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system, Warminster Township, Pennsylvania has a hot-summer, wet all year,
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, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(''Dfa''). Dfa climates are characterized by at least one month having an average mean temperature ≤ 32.0 °F (≤ 0.0 °C), at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ 50.0 °F (≥ 10.0 °C), at least one month with an average mean temperature ≥ 71.6 °F (≥ 22.0 °C), and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. During the summer months, episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with
heat index The heat index (HI) is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shaded areas, to posit a human-perceived equivalent temperature, as how hot it would feel if the humidity were some other value in the shade. The result is als ...
values ≥ 100 °F (≥ 38 °C). On average, the wettest month of the year is July which corresponds with the annual peak in
thunderstorm A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are some ...
activity. During the winter months, episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill values < 0 °F (< -18 °C). The
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is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 1.3 °F (-17.1 °C). The average seasonal (Nov-Apr) snowfall total is between 24 and 30 inches (61 and 76 cm), and the average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in
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activity.


Ecology

According to the
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U.S.
potential natural vegetation In ecology, potential natural vegetation (PNV), also known as Kuchler potential vegetation, is the vegetation that would be expected given environmental constraints (climate, geomorphology, geology) without human intervention or a hazard event ...
types, Warminster Township, Pennsylvania would have an Appalachian
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(''104'') vegetation type with an Eastern Hardwood Forest (''25'') vegetation form.


Demographics

As of the 2010 U.S.
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, Warminster Township had a population of 32,682 people. The racial makeup of the township was 89.3%
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, 3.1%
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, 0.2% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1%
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, 3.7% from
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, and 1.8% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 7.7% of the population.


Government

Warminster Township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors, currently: * Kenneth M. Hayes ( D), Chairman * Katherine L. Frescatore (D), Vice-Chairman * Judith A. Hoover (D), Secretary * Mark E. McKee ( R), Treasurer * Janice Charlton (R)


Major corporations

*
ABB Group ABB Ltd. is a Swedish- Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to crea ...
*
Burpee Seeds Burpee Seeds and Plants, officially W. Atlee Burpee & Co., is an American seed and plant company that was founded by Washington Atlee Burpee in Pennsylvania in 1876. History Early years (1876-1915) W. Atlee Burpee & Company was founded in ...
*
CRC Industries CRC Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial chemicals for maintenance and repair of marine, electrical, industrial, automotive and aviation equipment. History It was founded in 1958 after a verbal agreement between Rocket Ch ...
, founded in 1958 * Havis, Inc. *
Hurst Performance Hurst Performance, Inc. of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, manufactured and marketed products for enhancing the performance of automobiles, most notably muscle cars. Products Hurst produced aftermarket replacement manual transmission shifte ...
, based in Warminster from the 1950s to 1970s *
NAWC, Aircraft Division, Warminster Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster was a U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania. For most of its existence (1949–1993), the base was known as the Naval Air Development Center (NADC) Wa ...
* V. La Rosa and Sons Macaroni Company


Emergency services

* Warminster Fire Department (Stations 90, 91, and 92)

one of the busiest in Bucks County with approximately 700 calls each year * Warminster Police Department (74PD) * Central Bucks EMS, the Emergency Medical Services provider for Warminster (replaced Warminster Volunteer Ambulance Corps (Squad 122) in 2017) * Hartsville Fire Company (Station 93

- which also covers part of Warwick Township


Education


Public schools

Public schools (part of the Centennial School District, Pennsylvania, Centennial School District): *Davis Elementary School *Klinger Middle School *McDonald Elementary School *Willow Dale Elementary School *Log College Middle School *
William Tennent High School William Tennent High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12, located in Warminster, Pennsylvania, US. The school is the only public high school serving Warminster and Upper Southampton townships and Ivyland borough in the Ce ...


Parochial schools

* Archbishop Wood Catholic High School *Nativity of Our Lord School


Private Schools

*ATG Learning Academy *Middle Earth Academy


University

*
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Navigation Research & Development Building Center


Parks and recreation

Warminster Township's Recreation Services Division provides many events and community services, including overseeing and maintaining of recreation areas within 13 parks. Sports teams, including soccer, football,
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
,
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
,
wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
,
baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
, and
softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
are provided by various adult and youth sports organizations throughout their respective seasons. The township has partnered with the Central Bucks YMCA starting in January 2015 to offer many of the recreational programs previously offered by the township. The Parks and Recreation Department also offers discount tickets to amusement parks, attractions, ski resorts, and movies. Warminster Community Park is the largest of the township's parks at , with over five miles of walking trails. Other facilities at Warminster Community Park include nature areas, basketball courts, a playground, pavilion, picnic area, pond, restrooms, and soccer fields. Warminster Community Park is also home to Bark Park, a fenced-in, off-leash
dog park A dog park is a park for dogs to exercise and play off-leash in a controlled environment under the supervision of their owners. Description Dog parks have varying features, although they typically offer a 4' to 6' fence, separate double-gated ...
. Also located at Warminster Community Park is Safety Town, a miniature version of Warminster Township where children can ride tricycles and big wheels. The miniature town is sponsored by local businesses, who appear on the storefronts of buildings, and has signs and pavement markings to teach children the rules of the road. Small neighborhood parks make up the bulk of the other parks in Warminster Township. Smaller parks in the township include Barness Park, a park which has a walking trail and nature area; The Crossing, a park which has a walking trail, a playground, open space, and nature area; Crooked Billet Green, an park which has basketball courts, a playground, and a softball field; Devonshire Court, a park which has open space and a nature trail; Ivy Woods, a park which is undeveloped; Kemper Park, a park which has walking trails, nature areas, picnic areas and pavilions, a playground, and a softball field; Log College Park, a park which has a basketball court, tennis court, nature areas, a playground, and grass volleyball courts; Maple Street Park, a park which has a basketball court and playground; Meadow Run Park, a park which has a picnic area and playground; Munro Park, a park which has a baseball field, lighted soccer fields, picnic areas, a playground, a seasonal refreshment stand, restrooms, softball fields, tennis courts, a basketball court, and a
skate park A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, wheelchairs, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, qua ...
; Szymanek Park, a park which has basketball courts, a football field, restrooms, a softball field, and a playground; and Werner Park, a park which has a lighted football field, picnic areas, a playground, a seasonal refreshment stand, restrooms, and a softball field. The township is also home to a public
golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". ...
called Five Ponds Golf Club, which is the best-reviewed public golf course in Bucks County. The golf course is owned by Warminster Township and privately managed.


Infrastructure


Transportation

Numbered routes in Warminster Township include Pennsylvania Route 132 (Street Road), which runs northwest–southeast through the township between
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and
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;
Pennsylvania Route 263 Pennsylvania Route 263 (PA 263) is a north–south state highway located in southeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at PA 611 in Willow Grove, Montgomery County. The northern terminus is at the Centre ...
( York Road), which runs north–south through the township between Hatboro and Jamison; and
Pennsylvania Route 332 Pennsylvania Route 332 (PA 332) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route runs from PA 263 in Hatboro, Montgomery County, east to PA 32 in Yardley, Bucks County. PA 332 runs through suburban a ...
(Jacksonville Road), which runs southwest–northeast through the township between Hatboro and
Ivyland Ivyland is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is known for one of the finest collections of Victorian architecture, Victorian buildings in the state, most of which is registered with the ...
. Other important roads include County Line Road, which runs northwest–southeast along the southwestern border with Montgomery County; Bristol Road, which runs northwest–southeast along the northeastern border of the township; Davisville Road, which runs southwest–northeast along the southeastern border of the township; and Mearns Road, which begins at Street Road in the center of the township and heads northeast.
SEPTA The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly 4 million people in five c ...
provides train and bus service in Warminster Township. The Warminster station serves as the terminus of
SEPTA Regional Rail The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and serving the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelp ...
's
Warminster Line The Warminster Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster, and Center City, Philadelphia. Half of the route is shared by other lines, including the Lansdale/Doylesto ...
commuter rail service into
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. SEPTA City Bus Route 22 begins in Warminster and heads south to Olney Transportation Center in
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via Willow Grove. TMA Bucks operates the Richboro-Warminster Rushbus, which offers peak-hour shuttles between a connection with the Warminster Line train and the Route 22 bus at the Warminster station and certain businesses in Warminster and surrounding areas in Ivyland, Northampton Township, and Richboro. Two cab companies also operate within the township. Freight rail service to Warminster Township is provided by the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad (which operates along SEPTA trackage) and the New Hope Railroad. Both railroads have an interchange point in the township.


Utilities

Electricity and natural gas in Warminster Township is provided by
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, a subsidiary of
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. Trash and recycling collection in Warminster Township is provided under contract by J.P. Mascaro & Sons. Cable, telephone, and internet service to the area is provided by
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and
Verizon Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas ...
. Warminster Township is served by
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. Water and sewer service in the township is provided by the Warminster Municipal Authority, which serves 10,300 customers. The Warminster Municipal Authority receives water from groundwater wells in the township along with water purchased from the North Wales Water Authority. Multiple groundwater wells in the township are contaminated with
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) (conjugate base perfluorooctanesulfonate) is a chemical compound having an eight-carbon fluorocarbon chain and a sulfonic acid functional group and thus a perfluorosulfonic acid. It is an anthropogenic (man-ma ...
(PFOS) and
perfluorooctanoic acid Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also known colloquially as C8, for its 8 carbon chain structure) is a perfluorinated carboxylic acid produced and used worldwide as an industrial surfactant in chemical processes a ...
(PFOA) from the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster site, leading to the authority having to close wells to install treatment systems to decontaminate the water. The
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paid for the treatment systems for the wells. As a result, the Warminster Municipal Authority has increased the amount of water it purchases from the North Wales Water Authority to ensure safe drinking water.


Health care

Jefferson Health–Abington operates the Jefferson Health–Warminster (formerly Abington Health Center–Warminster) outpatient center in the township, which offers outpatient services, community health services and programs, and support groups. The health center is located in the former Warminster Hospital, whose emergency room and inpatient services were closed after Abington Memorial Hospital purchased the hospital in October 2007 from Solis Healthcare, who had acquired it from
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two months prior.


Crime

Warminster has a total crime rate lower than 53% of all U.S. cities, and a violent crime rate 4.13 times lower than the national average.


Law enforcement

The Warminster police department consists of four built-in special units: *K-9 *Bike Patrol *Highway Safety Unit (HSU) * SWAT Four Warminster
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chiefs have been fired for or convicted of wrongdoing: *Chief Elmer Clawges was convicted on December 10, 1997, of assaulting his wife. Clawges had also been accused by 12 women of sexual wrongdoing while on duty, including having sex with girls as young as 13 and sexually harassing women. *Chief James M. Gorczynski pleaded guilty on April 5, 2005, to stealing over $130,000 belonging to the township. *Chief Rowan P. Kelly Jr. was fired for allegedly drinking on duty, assaulting citizens, and sexually harassing women. *Officer John Powell was convicted on April 6, 2005, of attempted sex crimes against a minor. Powell was sentenced to up to eight years in prison.


Notable people

*
Kermit Cintrón Kermit Cintrón (born October 22, 1979) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and online boxing writer. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2006 to 2008, and has challenged once for the WBC super welterweight title in 2011. Early and ...
, boxer * John Fitch, inventor *
Paul Hipp Paul Hipp (born July 16, 1963) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and filmmaker. Early life Paul Hipp was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Warminster. He left Pennsylvania for New York City immediately after high school, st ...
, actor and musician who grew up in Warminster. * Robert Ramsey, U.S. Congressman * Milton Santiago, boxer *
Gerald Shur Gerald Shur (October 18, 1933 – August 25, 2020) was an American lawyer, and the founder of the United States Federal Witness Protection Program. Gerald Shur was born on October 18, 1933, in the Bronx, New York, the son of Rose (Nissell) Shur, a ...
(1933-2020), founder of the
United States Federal Witness Protection Program The United States Federal Witness Protection Program (WPP), also known as the Witness Security Program or WITSEC, is a witness protection program codified through 18 U.S. Code § 3521 and administered by the United States Department of Justi ...
*
William Tennent William Tennent (1673 – May 6, 1746) was an early Scottish American Presbyterian minister and educator in British North America. Early life Tennent was born in Mid Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1673. He graduated from the Uni ...
, clergyman and educator *
Mike Vogel Michael James Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former model. Vogel began acting in 2001 and has appeared in several films and series, including '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'', ''Grin ...
, actor * David Wharton, 1988 Olympic swimmer


References


External links


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