Geryville is a village located mainly in
Milford Township, Bucks County but also in
Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Upper Hanover Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,464 at the 2010 census.
It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, th ...
, 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
Fries's Rebellion (), also called House Tax Rebellion, the Home Tax Rebellion and, in Pennsylvania German, the Heesses-Wasser Uffschtand, was an armed tax revolt among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers between 1799 and 1800. It was the third of three t ...
of 1799.
[http://www.milfordtownship.org/info.html ] It is drained via the Macoby Creek southward into the
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, Edw ...
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 House, Geryville PA 02.JPG, Jamison Publick House, front.
File:Geryville Pike, Geryville PA 01.JPG, Geryville Pike in Geryville.
File:St Lukes Hospital, Geryville PA 01.JPG, St Lukes Hospital.
File:St Lukes Hospital, Geryville PA 03.JPG, St Lukes Hospital, west wing.
References
External links
*Jamison Publick Hous
Jamison Publick House – Restaurant - Pennsburg, PA
External links
Unincorporated communities in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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