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Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hilltown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,029 at the 2010 census. Most of Hilltown is part of Pennridge School District, while a small portion in Line Lexington is part of North Penn School District. History The Uneek Havana Cigar Company at Blooming Glen and Green Hills Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Green Hills Farm is also designated a National Historic Landmark. The Reuben and Elizabeth Strassburger Farmstead, owned by the Hilltown Historical Society is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It consists of three pre-Civil War buildings, each containing museum-like interiors. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. It is located in the Delaware watershed and is drained by the East Branch Perkiomen Creek and Neshaminy Creek. Its villages include Bean, Bethon, Blooming Glen, Deep Run, Fair Hill, Fricks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Township (Pennsylvania)
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History Townships in Pennsylvania were created in the 17th century during the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution. Muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 west branches join. Neshaminy Creek flows southeast toward Bristol Township and Bensalem Township to its confluence with the Delaware River. The name "Neshaminy" originates with the Lenni Lenape and is thought to mean "place where we drink twice".MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1. This phenomenon refers to a section of the creek known as the Neshaminy Palisades, where the course of the water slows and changes direction at almost a right angle, nearly forcing the water back upon itself. These palisades are located in Dark Hollow Park, operated by the county, and are flanked by Warwick Township to the south and Buckingham Townshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
West Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania
West Rockhill Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The original Rockhill Township was established in 1740 and was divided into East Rockhill and West Rockhill Townships in 1890. The population was 5,256 at the 2010 census. West Rockhill Township is part of Pennridge School District. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.4 square miles (42.4 km), of which 16.3 square miles (42.2 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (0.49%) is water. It is in the Delaware watershed and, while most of West Rockhill is drained by the East Branch Perkiomen Creek and Unami Creek into the Perkiomen Creek and Schuylkill River, an area in the northeast portion drains via Threemile Run, Lake Nockamixon, and the Tohickon Creek eastward to the Delaware River. Other natural features include Butter Creek, Ingram Hill, Mill Creek, Ridge Valley Creek, and Rock Hill. The township's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sellersville, Pennsylvania
Sellersville is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,249 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is in the Pennridge School District. History 18th century Sellersville was founded in the early 18th century. It was centered on a major road known as Bethlehem Pike that connected Philadelphia to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem and the rest of what was then Western Pennsylvania. The town was very small and was called Sellers Tavern. Its most notable feature was a large inn. The present Washington House in Sellersville, however, was not Sellers Tavern. The town grew slowly over the years until the Industrial Revolution. 19th century In the 1860s, the North Pennsylvania Railroad was built, running parallel to Bethlehem Pike: this stimulated the growth of light textile industries and brought a wave of population growth. The East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek runs through the town which connects it to an adjac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Perkasie is southeast of Allentown and north of Philadelphia. Establishments in the borough early in the 20th century included silk mills, brickyards, lumber mills, tile works, a stone crusher, and manufacturers of cigars, tags and labels, and wire novelties. The population in 1900 was 1,803; in 1910, 2,779 people lived in Perkasie. The population was 9,120 at the 2020 census, up from 8,511 at the 2010 census. History Perkasie etymology and town formation Both the town of Perkasie and Pocasie Creek derive their name from the Lenape Unami phrase Pèhpahkàsink/''Poekskossing'', which translates to "One who goes to the place to crack nuts". The Dutch/Swedish (before the British settlements) pronounced the word with an r and it stuck. There was doubtless a village on the site of the present town before William Penn’s Perkasie Manor was settled." "The " Manor" of Perkasie was one of several in Bucks County and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
East Rockhill Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,706 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census. East Rockhill is part of Pennridge School District. History The original Rockhill Township was established in 1740 and was divided into East and West Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania, West Rockhill Townships in 1890. The Levi Sheard Mill and Sheard's Mill Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was also the location of the formerly listed Mood's Covered Bridge. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.14%) is water. Tohickon Creek flows along the northern edge of the township into Lake Nockamixon at its northeastern edge and eastward into the Delaware River and drains most of East Rockhill. The southeastern side of the township is drained by the East Branch Perkiomen Creek into the Perkio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dublin, Pennsylvania
Dublin is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,177 at the 2020 census. Dublin is part of Pennridge School District. Geography Dublin is located at (40.373270, -75.202464). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. History Prior to the arrival of Europeans the area was occupied by the Lenape people. Early settlers were predominately Irish followed by Germans. Local lore holds that the second tavern built on the site of the first tavern was a double log cabin with a chimney built between them, and that the name was derived from "Double Inn", but there is no documentation to support this. It is likely that the name was derived from the city in Ireland. A letter written by Reverend Uriah DuBois date Durham, April 21, 1798 is the first known mention of Dublin. In an agreement of sale for the tavern and of land by Isaac Morris, of Hatfield, to Charles Brock, of Hilltown Township for $6400 dated Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Bedminster Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,574 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan region. Bedminster is part of Pennridge School District. History Deep Run Presbyterian Church was established before 1725, Reverend William Tennant served as pastor from 1726 to 1738. In 1741, thirty-five residents, mostly Irish and German, petitioned the Court of Quarter Sessions to lay out the township which was granted and the land was surveyed by John Chapman. The name was taken from the town of the same name in Somersetshire, near Bristol, England. In 1841, the original church building was replaced, the new building was commonly called the 'Irish Meeting House', which still stands today. By 1746, enough Mennonites moved into the township to build a log church in the southeastern part of the township. The Tohickon Reformed Church was organized probably in June 1745, the first pastor was Reverend John Conrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania
Plumstead Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,021 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The township was settled in the early 18th Century by Quakers pursuing religious freedom. By 1725, a formal petition was presented to Bucks County to recognize the area as Plumstead Township. The Doan Outlaws notoriously were raised in Plumstead and participated in criminal activity throughout the American Revolutionary War. The Gardenville-North Branch Rural Historic District, Dyerstown Historic District, and Loux Covered 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 27.2 square miles (70.5 km), of which 27.2 square miles (70.3 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.1 km) (0.18%) is water. It is drained by the Delaware River, which separates it from New Jersey. Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New Britain Township, Pennsylvania
New Britain Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,327 at the 2020 census. History New Britain Township was founded in 1723. The Township was comprised more than 15,000 acres and included land which is now occupied by Chalfont Borough and New Britain Borough as well as the later established Doylestown Township. The Township currently encompasses 14.7 square miles (9900 acres). According to historical research conducted by Township volunteers, it is estimated that the Lenni Lenape Indians arrived in New Britain Township as early as 1397. The Morgan James Homestead and Pine Valley Covered 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 15.2 square miles (39.5 km2), of which 14.7 square miles (38.1 km2) is land and 0.6 square mile (1.4 km2) (3.61%) is water. It is drained by the Delaware River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 in Pennsylvania.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Historically, the water course was also named Perquaminck Creek, on Thomas Holme's 1687 map of the region, which was published by William Penn, founder of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania. History The Perkiomen Trail was established in 2003 as a partnership with the Montgomery County Planning Commission and local governments to provide a walking, jogging, and biking path along the creek that stretches south from Green Lane Reservoir Park to near the Schuylkill River, where it meets the Schuylkill River Trail. Geography The creek begins in Hereford Township, Berks County, initially flows eastward into Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, and turns southward to reenter H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Unionville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Unionville is a suburban community in the Delaware Valley The Philadelphia metropolitan area, also known as Greater Philadelphia and informally called the Delaware Valley, the Philadelphia tri-state area, and locally and colloquially Philly–Jersey–Delaware, is a major metropolitan area in the Nor ... located on Pennsylvania Route 309. It is primarily in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, but also extends into Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Route 309 (Bethlehem Pike) follows the county line between the beginning of the expressway and Line Lexington. Montgomery County students are served by North Penn School District, while Bucks County students are served by Pennridge School District. It is drained by the West Branch Neshaminy Creek, a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek. It is served by the Hatfield post office, which uses the ZIP code 19440. Dock Meadows has a Mennonite-affiliated retirement community in the Bucks County portion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
