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Doylestown is a
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in and the
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of
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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 8,300. Doylestown is located northwest of Trenton, north of
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, and southeast of
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. It is part of the
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, also known as the
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metropolitan area.


History

Like most of eastern
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, present-day Doylestown was inhabited by the
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Indian tribe prior to European settlement of the region.


18th century

In March 1745, William Doyle, an Irish settler, obtained a license to build a tavern, then known as William Doyle's Tavern, on what is now the northwest corner of Dyers Road and Coryell's Ferry Road at present-day Main and State Streets. The tavern's strategic location at the junction of present-day
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, which links Norristown and
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, and
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, which links
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and Easton, contributed to Doylestown's early growth. A second inn, named Sign of the Ship, was established in 1774, built diagonally across from the Doyle Tavern. Samuel Flack was innkeeper in 1778.


19th century

On January 1, 1802, a post office was established in present-day Doylestown. Charles Stewart, the first postmaster, carried letters to recipients in the bell-shaped crown of his high beaver hat as he walked about the village. When Stewart died on February 7, 1804, his son-in-law Enoch Harvey became the next postmaster. On October 9, 1804 Harvey advertised in the ''Pennsylvania Correspondent'', published in Doylestown, of a list of letters remaining in the post office for Wm. R. Hanna, Esq., Newtown; Doct. Felix Robertson, Bucks County; Robert Wehir, Shamony, Bucks County; Robert A. Farmer, Esq., Birdsborough; Israel Childs, Buckingham. In 1815, the first church was erected; it was followed by the construction of a succession of churches for various congregations throughout the 19th century.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, Doylestown Borough. As the population of Central and Upper Bucks County grew throughout the 18th and into the 19th century, discontent developed with the county seat's location in Newtown, where it had been since 1725. Eight petitions with a total of 184 signers were submitted to the General Assembly, some as early as 1784, requesting the move of the county seat to Doylestown. Among the signers were Andrew Armstrong, John Armstrong, John Davis, Andrew Denison, Jesse Fell, Joseph Fell, John Ingham (of Ingham Springs), Michael Frederick Kolb, Zebulon M. Pike (of Lumberton), Samuel Preston, Robert Shewell, Walter Shewell, and Fulkerd Sebring. The
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approved the move by an Act on February 28, 1810, and the first Court session was opened on May 11, 1813. An outgrowth of Doylestown's new courthouse was the development of "lawyers row", a collection of
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offices. One positive consequence of early 19th-century investment in the new county seat was organized fire protection, which began in 1825 with the Doylestown Fire Engine Company. A bill to erect Doylestown into a borough was introduced into Legislature in February 1830, but failed, as well as a second attempt in the session of 1832. "An Act to erect the Village of Doylestown, in the County of Bucks, into a Borough" was passed and signed into law by Governor
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on April 16, 1838. An electric telegraph station was built in 1846, and the
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completed a branch to Doylestown in 1856. The first gas lights were introduced in 1854. Because of the town's relatively high elevation and a lack of strong water power, substantial industrial development never occurred and Doylestown evolved to have a professional and residential character. During the mid-19th century, several large tracts located east of the courthouse area were subdivided into neighborhoods. The next significant wave of development occurred after the
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, when the Magill property to the southwest of the town's core was subdivided for residential lots. In 1869, Doylestown established a water works. The first telephone line arrived in 1878, the same year that a new courthouse was erected. 1897 saw the first of several trolley lines connecting Doylestown with Willow Grove, Newtown, and Easton. A private sewer system and treatment plant were authorized in 1903. The borough took over and expanded sewer service to about three-quarters of the town in 1921.


20th century

In the early 20th century, Doylestown became best known to the outside world through the "Tools of the Nation-Maker" museum of the Bucks County Historical Society.
Henry Chapman Mercer Henry Chapman Mercer (June 24, 1856 – March 9, 1930) was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: Fonthill, his home; the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; and the ...
constructed the reinforced concrete building in 1916 to house his collection of mechanical tools and utensils. Upon his death in 1930, Mercer also left his similarly constructed home Fonthill and adjacent
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (MPTW) is a history museum which is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the County of Bucks, and operated by TileWorks of Bucks County, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The museum was individual ...
, to be operated as a museum. The home was left on the condition that his housekeeper be allowed to live there for the rest of her life. She lived there and gave tours until the mid-1970s. In 1916, Doylestown Country Club was established and still operates a private golf course and caddy program. By 1931, the advent of the automobile and improved highway service had put the last trolley line out of business as Doylestonians used the automobile as the primary means of travel within the region. The
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took its toll on Doylestown; many grand old houses constructed a century earlier fell into disrepair. During the 1930s, the borough also expanded its land area to the north by admission of the tract known as the Doylestown Annex. In the decade following
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, however, Doylestown's business community boomed. During the 1940s, streets were paved for the first time in two decades and parking meters were introduced downtown in 1948. However, the postwar housing boom did not begin in earnest until the 1950s, when 550 new homes were built. The housing boom continued into the 1960s and 1970s, as more than 1,600 new homes were built during those decades and the borough's population grew from 5,917 in 1960 to 8,717 in 1980. By the 1960s, the competition presented by the emergence of shopping malls proved detrimental to many local Doylestown businesses, resulting in vacant buildings and dilapidated storefronts. Bucks County Redevelopment Authority responded with a federal urban renewal scheme that called for the demolition of 27 historic buildings. The local business community objected to such wholesale clearance and responded with its own plan called Operation '64, the Doylestown Plan for Self-Help Downtown Renewal. This private initiative was successful in saving Doylestown's old buildings and historic character, while improving business at the same time. One historic landmark that could not be saved was the 80-year-old courthouse and clock tower, which was replaced by the present county complex in the early 1960s. By the end of the 1980s, the downtown business district was again showing the toll of massive new competition from the latest wave of suburban shopping centers, as well as the recession that hit hardest in the northeastern states. In response, the borough council established a volunteer group of civic-minded representatives from business organizations, government, and the residential community to begin formulating plans for the downtown area in 1992. This effort resulted in streetscape improvements composed of cast iron street lamps and brick pavers, façade improvements and other beautification efforts, and the establishment of a Main Street Manager Program. In the 1990s, the downtown area rebuilt itself largely by turning to an out-of-town audience. Doylestown had long been respected as a bucolic tourist destination. The gentry of
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and
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, including figures associated with theater and literary in
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, maintained country estates in the area and often summered in Doylestown. The Mercer Museum, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and the local
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brought a regular stream of short-term visitors through the area as well. With charitable support, the County Theater, an
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-styled building, was restored and reopened showing art-house fare, and a new main library and art museum were built around the ruins of the old stone jail, across the street from the Mercer Museum. Doylestown also was designated an official resort town and was exempted from liquor license caps. Empty commercial spaces soon began to be replaced with dense and vibrant bars and restaurants, contributing to a lively nightlife in Doylestown. As the Philadelphia metropolitan area expanded from southern into central Bucks County, the fields and farms of the communities around Doylestown quickly began to sprout housing developments. This development brought thousands of people to the area, but the neighborhoods created often lacked longstanding institutions or discernible centers. Doylestown, more centrally located than the Delaware River border town of
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, which had traditionally served this function, was able to position itself as the regional center of culture and nightlife. Archival collection and community programming are two functions of the Doylestown Historical Society, established in 1995, whose mission is "to commemorate and preserve the history of Doylestown so that its people, places and events may long be remembered." The
Doylestown Historic District The Doylestown Historic District is a national historic district located in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district is composed of one thousand fifty-five contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding res ...
, Pugh Dungan House, Fonthill, Fountain House, Oscar Hammerstein II Farm,
James-Lorah House The James-Lorah House, also known as the Judge Chapman House and VIA House, is an historic American home that is located in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. History and ...
,
Mercer Museum The Mercer Museum is a museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The Bucks County Historical Society operates the Mercer Museum, the Research Library, and Fonthill Castle, the former home of the museum's founder, archeologist Henry Chapman Me ...
,
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (MPTW) is a history museum which is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the County of Bucks, and operated by TileWorks of Bucks County, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The museum was individual ...
, and Shaw Historic District are listed on the
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.


Geography

According to the
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, Doylestown has a total land area of . Doylestown Borough is bordered by Doylestown Township, except to the northeast where it borders Buckingham Township. Natural features of Doylestown Borough include Cooks Run and
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.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942.


Climate

According to the
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system, Doylestown 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, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
(''Dfa''). ''Dfa'' climates are characterized by at least one month having an average mean temperature ≤ , at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ , at least one month with an average mean temperature ≥ and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. Although most summer days are slightly humid in Doylestown, episodes of heat and high humidity can occur with
heat index The heat index (HI) is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shade (shadow), 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 (s ...
values > . Since 1981, the highest air temperature was on July 22, 2011, and the highest daily average mean
dew point The dew point is the temperature the air needs to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to produce a relative humidity of 100%. This temperature depends on the pressure and water content of the air. When the air at a temperature above the ...
was on December 8, 2016. The average wettest month is July which corresponds with the annual peak in
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activity. Since 1981, the wettest calendar day was on September 16, 1999. During winter months, the average annual extreme minimum air temperature is . Since 1981, the coldest air temperature was on January 22, 1984. Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with
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values < . The average annual snowfall (Nov-Apr) is between and .
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s and large snowstorms depositing ≥ of snow occur once every few years, particularly during
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s from December through February.


Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the borough was 94.8% Non-Hispanic White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.5% were two or more races. 2.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestr

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,227 people, 3,952 households, and 1,908 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 4,055 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 95.24% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.30%
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, 0.11% Native American, 1.42% Asian, 0.07%
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, 0.43% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 2.20% of the population There were 3,952 households, out of which 19.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.7% were non-families. 44.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.98 and the average family size was 2.82. In the borough, the population was spread out, with 16.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 79.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $46,148, and the median income for a family was $71,988. Males had a median income of $48,553 versus $31,703 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,249. About 2.5% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.


Arts and culture

Doylestown Borough is home to three structures designed and built by Henry Chapman Mercer. The
Mercer Museum The Mercer Museum is a museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The Bucks County Historical Society operates the Mercer Museum, the Research Library, and Fonthill Castle, the former home of the museum's founder, archeologist Henry Chapman Me ...
, a structure built in poured concrete, is the home to Mercer's collection of early American artifacts. It also houses a collection known as "Tools of the Nation-Maker", one of the most important of its kind in the world. Bucks County Historical Society also maintains the Spruance Library, a research library, adjoining the museum. Fonthill (also known as "Mercer's Castle") was Mercer's home and houses his collection of artifacts from around the world. The
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (MPTW) is a history museum which is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the County of Bucks, and operated by TileWorks of Bucks County, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The museum was individual ...
is an operational facility utilizing the tools and techniques used by
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potters in the 18th and 19th centuries. The former prison, across the street from the Mercer Museum, has been converted into the James A. Michener Art Museum. The borough also boasts a small music conservatory, writers' and artists' organizations, and other cultural activities. Doylestown is located near the
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shrine known as the
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, which houses a painting of the
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of
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, Poland. The Fountain House, a historic building, is located in Doylestown Borough.


Points of interest

*
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* Fonthill Museum *
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* Henry Schmieder Arboretum * James A. Michener Art Museum *
Mercer Museum The Mercer Museum is a museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The Bucks County Historical Society operates the Mercer Museum, the Research Library, and Fonthill Castle, the former home of the museum's founder, archeologist Henry Chapman Me ...
*
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (MPTW) is a history museum which is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the County of Bucks, and operated by TileWorks of Bucks County, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The museum was individual ...
*
National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa ''(or simply Czestochowa)'', known also as the American Czestochowa is a Polish-American Roman Catholic shrine near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, founded in 1953. It houses a reproduction of the Black ...
* Oscar Hammerstein II Farm * Peace Valley Park * Pearl S. Buck House * Ringing Rocks Park


Government

Doylestown has a council-manager form of government consisting of a "weak" Mayor and a nine-member borough council. The mayor is elected at-large to a term of four years. The borough council is divided into three wards, with each ward electing three members to terms of four years. Borough council is in charge of enacting legislation, raising and spending public money, regulating land use, and providing public services. The council is required to meet once a month to conduct business. The borough council contains seven subcommittees. As of 2022, the mayor of Doylestown is Elnora "Noni" West. The borough council consists of Council President Jack O'Brien, Council Vice-President Wendy Margolis, Ben Bell, Tim Brennan, Lawrence Browne, Dennis Livrone, Joe Frederick, Jennifer Jarret, and Amy Taylor Popkin.


Education

Doylestown borough is the location of several educational facilities of the
Central Bucks School District The Central Bucks School District (CBSD) is a school district located in Pennsylvania and the third-largest school district in the state. The district covers the Boroughs of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, Chalfont, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Doylest ...
. The borough contains three elementary schools (Doyle Elementary, Cold Spring Elementary and Linden Elementary), one middle school (Lenape Middle School) and one high school ( Central Bucks West) which has long been a girls' soccer powerhouse. Bucks County's regional educational service agency, Bucks County Intermediate Unit No. 22, is also located in the borough. Doylestown Township, which is adjacent to the borough, contains Paul W. Kutz Elementary and also the campus of
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, which is primarily known as an agricultural and science school.


Media

'' The Intelligencer'', a daily newspaper serving central and northern Bucks County along with nearby areas of eastern
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, is headquartered in Doylestown. In 1948, WBUX signed-on with 5,000 watts at 1570 on the AM dial. Today as WISP the station airs an All-Catholic format.


Transportation

As of 2018 there were of public roads in Doylestown, of which were maintained by the
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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough. The main north-south street in Doylestown is Main Street while the main east-west street is State Street, which forms a
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with Oakland Avenue in the downtown area.
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bypasses central Doylestown to the west on a freeway, heading north to Easton and south to
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.
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bypasses the center of the borough to the south and heads southwest to Norristown and northeast to
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. US 202 follows a
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alignment from Doylestown southwest to Montgomeryville, with U.S. Route 202 Business serving as a
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to Montgomeryville, passing through
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and Chalfont.
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runs northwest-southeast along the northern edge of Doylestown on Swamp Road and heads northwest to
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and Quakertown and southeast to
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in
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, where Swamp Road continues as an unnumbered road towards Newtown. The downtown area of Doylestown has on-street parking and parking lots that are regulated by
parking meter A parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to Parking, park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time. Parking meters can be used by Municipality, municipalities as a tool for enforcing their i ...
s during the day Monday through Saturday, with parking free on evenings and Sunday. The borough offers 6-month parking permits that can be used in certain metered spots. Free parking is available at the Bucks County Parking Garage on Broad Street. The
Lansdale/Doylestown Line The Lansdale/Doylestown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia to Doylestown (SEPTA station), Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until 1981, SEPTA diesel service, diesel-powered tr ...
of
SEPTA Regional Rail The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by SEPTA and serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its suburbs and satellite town ...
connects Doylestown to
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and many points in between. Doylestown station is the northernmost stop. Doylestown is served by
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Route 55, which heads south to
Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...
, Willow Grove, Abington,
Jenkintown Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately north of Center City Philadelphia. History The community was named for William Jenkins, a Welsh pioneer settler. The borough was settled in about ...
and finally the Olney Transportation Center in
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. There is also intercity bus service provided to Doylestown from a bus stop at the Doylestown station.
Trans-Bridge Lines Trans-Bridge Lines is an interstate bus transportation company operating based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It operates in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and offers daily service from the Lehigh Valley to both New York City and Philadelphia. ...
connects Doylestown to
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and the
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in
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along a route that originates in Quakertown.
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provides intercity bus service to Doylestown along a route running between
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and
Scranton Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Scranton is the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the ...
.
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provides intercity bus service to Doylestown along a route running between the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal in Philadelphia and Williamsport, serving several places in northern Pennsylvania. Locally, Doylestown is served by a small public transportation system called the " Doylestown DART" (Doylestown Area Regional Transit). Doylestown DART is a service of Bucks County Transport and consists of a single weekday route and a single Saturday route. Often used by the elderly, it travels to various destinations in Doylestown, including government offices, schools, stores, restaurants, pharmacies, senior residences, and Doylestown Hospital. Bucks County Transport also operates the DART West, which runs weekdays from a connection with the Doylestown DART at
Delaware Valley University Delaware Valley University (DelVal) is a private university in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1896, it enrolls approximately 2,178 students on its suburban, 570-acre campus. DelVal offers more than 28 undergraduate majors, 12 master's prog ...
west to
New Britain New Britain () is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi Island, Umboi the Dampie ...
and Chalfont, and the DART South, which runs weekdays from a connection with the Doylestown DART at the Doylestown Point Shopping Center south to Warrington. The Bucks County Courthouse Shuttle is operated weekdays by Bucks County Transport. The
Doylestown Airport Doylestown Airport is a public airport in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, owned by the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County Airport Authority (BCAA ...
, a general aviation airport operated by the Bucks County Airport Authority, is located to the north of Doylestown., effective 2 July 2009. The nearest airports with commercial air service are the Trenton-Mercer Airport near
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, approximately 15 miles (26 km) away,
Lehigh Valley International Airport Lehigh Valley International Airport , formerly Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton International Airport, is a domestic airport located in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Hanover Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley I ...
near
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, approximately 25 miles (40 km) away,
Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia International Airport is the primary international airport serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It served 30.8 million passengers annually in 2024, making it the busiest airport in Pennsylvania and the 21st-busies ...
in
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, approximately 30 miles (48 km) away and
Newark Liberty International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport is a major international airport serving the New York metropolitan area. The airport straddles the boundary between the cities of Newark, New Jersey, Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County and E ...
in
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, approximately 50 miles (80 km) away. The Doylestown Community Bike & Hike System consists of over of trails and side paths for pedestrians and bicycles serving both the borough of Doylestown and Doylestown Township. The system was founded in 1992 to improve mobility for pedestrians and bicyclists in and around the Doylestown area. The Doylestown Community Bike & Hike System has connections to the
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following the US 202 parkway to Montgomeryville; future trail connections are planned to Peace Valley Park and other points in the area. BicyclePA Route S passes through Doylestown, following Court Street, the one-way pair of Oakland Avenue eastbound and State Street westbound, Main Street, and Green Street through the borough.


Utilities

Electricity and natural gas in Doylestown is provided by
PECO Energy Company PECO, formerly the Philadelphia Electric Company, is an energy company founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1929. It became part of Exelon Corporation in 2000 when it merged with Commonwealth Edison's holding company Unicom Corp. The company ...
, a subsidiary of
Exelon Exelon Corporation is an American public utility headquartered in Chicago, and incorporated in Pennsylvania. Exelon is the largest electric parent company in the United States by revenue and is the largest regulated electric utility in the Uni ...
. The Doylestown Borough Water Department provides water to the borough and some surrounding areas. Bucks County Water and Sewer owns and operates the sewer system in Doylestown. Trash and recycling collection in Doylestown is provided by the borough's Public Works department.


Health care

University of Pennsylvania Health System The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) is a major multi-hospital health system headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. UPHS and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania together comprise Penn Medicine, ...
operates
Doylestown Hospital Doylestown Hospital, officially Penn Medicine Doylestown Hospital, is a non-profit community-based university-affiliated teaching hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Established as an eight-bed emergency hospital by the Village Improvement ...
on West State Street serving the borough and surrounding areas in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia. The hospital was founded in 1923. Doylestown Hospital consists of 245 beds and offers an
emergency room An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pat ...
along with various inpatient and outpatient services including cancer care, a stroke center, a chest pain center, and maternity services.


Notable people

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Kristen Alderson Kristen DeAnn Alderson (born May 29, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing the role of Starr Manning on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' (1998 to 2012) and the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' (2012 t ...
and
Eddie Alderson Eddie Alderson (born October 27, 1994) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Matthew Buchanan on the ABC Daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 2001 to 2012. Alderson's performance garnered two Young Artist Award no ...
, sibling actors * Tony Angelo, racing driver * Jay Ansill, Folk musician, composer, producer, author of origami books * Robert C. Atherton, former magazine editor, writer, and artist *
Stefan Avalos Stefan Avalos is an American filmmaker, musician, and journalist, best known for his work in film. Together with Lance Weiler, he made '' The Last Broadcast'' (1997), a horror film based on found footage. The two men wrote, directed, starred i ...
, motion picture director *
Balance and Composure Balance and Composure is an American emo band from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. They formed in the winter of 2007, after the breakup of two local Doylestown bands. The band's musical style has been compared those of Nirvana and fellow Pennsylvania ...
, alternative rock band * Amos W. Barber, former surgeon and second governor of Wyoming. *
Christian Bauman Christian Bauman (born June 15, 1970) is an American novelist, essayist, and lyricist. Early life and education Bauman was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, on June 15, 1970. He began grade school in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and moved to the Q ...
, novelist and
NPR National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...
commentator *
Stan and Jan Berenstain Stanley Melvin Berenstain (September 29, 1923 – November 26, 2005) and Janice Marian Berenstain (née Grant; July 26, 1923 – February 24, 2012) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book seri ...
, former authors of the ''
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'' *
Bill Bloom William A. Bloom (born December 10, 1948) is an American songwriter and musician. Bloom was a staff writer and producer for Philadelphia International Records and WMOT Records. He co-wrote and produced the album Children of Tomorrow by Frankie S ...
, "Double Dutch Bus" composer *
Kathy Boockvar Kathryn Boockvar (, born October 23, 1968) is an American attorney and politician who served as the secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from January 5, 2019 to February 5, 2021. She was appointed to the position by Governor Tom Wolf. Bo ...
, former Pennsylvania Secretary of State *
Władysław Bortnowski Władysław Bortnowski (12 November 1891 – 21 November 1966) was a Polish historian, military commander and one of the highest ranking generals of the Polish Army, generals of the Polish Army. He is most famous for commanding the Pomorze Army ...
, former Polish general * Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize-winning author * Clarence Buckman, politician * Alan Campbell, actor and author * Gil Cohen, aviation artist * Caroline Doty, guard on
UConn The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...
Huskies women's basketball team *
Molly Ephraim Molly Ephraim (born May 22, 1986) is an American actress who has appeared in films, television, and Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater productions. She is best known for her role as Mandy Baxter on the ABC/Fox sitcom '' Last Man Sta ...
, actress *
Chris Forsberg Christopher Forsberg (born April 6, 1982), is an American Formula D driver from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He competes in the Formula Drift series in his Nissan Z (Z34) for Forsberg Racing, where he is the owner and shop manager. NOS Energy Dri ...
, drifting driver * William Edgar Geil, evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author of 10 books related to his travels * William Godshalk, member of the U.S. House of Representatives * David Gordon, classical tenor * Anthony Green, musician * Scott Green, NFL referee *
Justin Guarini Justin Guarini (born Justin Eldrin Bell; October 28, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter and actor who in 2002 was the runner-up on the first season of ''American Idol''. Early life Guarini was born in Columbus, Georgia. His father, Eldr ...
, ''American Idol'' runner-up *
Roy M. Gulick Roy Moyer Gullick (April 12, 1904 – September 27, 1976) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. He spent his senior career mostly in Quartermaster Department, reaching the capacity of Quarter ...
, Major General and Quartermaster *
Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Award ...
, musical lyricist *
Moss Hart Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director. Early years Hart was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (Solomon) and Barnett Hart, a cigar maker. He had a younger brother ...
, playwright and director *
Annie Haslam Annie Haslam (born 8 June 1947) is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo singing career. She has a five-octave vocal ...
, singer, songwriter, artist * Samantha Hoopes, model * Charles T. Horner Jr., U.S. Army officer * Edward L. Howard, politician * Joe Judge, Former
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head coach * George S. Kaufman, pioneering figure in American musical theater *
Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard Col ...
, anthropologist *
Henry Chapman Mercer Henry Chapman Mercer (June 24, 1856 – March 9, 1930) was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: Fonthill, his home; the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; and the ...
, archaeologist * Natalie Mering, musician professionally known as
Weyes Blood Natalie Laura Mering (born June 11, 1988), known professionally as Weyes Blood (pronounced , like "wise blood"), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her o ...
*
James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in particular geographic locales ...
, author *
Irene Molloy Irene Molloy is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her roles on television series ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'' and ''Grosse Pointe''. She has also appeared in Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, televisio ...
, singer/actress *
Anthony Morelli Anthony Michael Morelli (born June 21, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions under coach Donald Thomas. He w ...
, blogger *
Jeff Musselman Jeffrey Joseph Musselman (born June 21, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets from 1986 to 1990. Career Musselman graduated from Central Regional High School in Bayv ...
, former MLB pitcher *
Kevin Nalty Kevin Hanemann Nalty (born May 12, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana), known professionally as Nalts, is an American Internet personality and YouTuber. Nalty began on YouTube as one of the top-20 most-viewed comedy channels, and was ranked as one o ...
, YouTube personality *
Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Parker ros ...
, author *
S. J. Perelman Sidney Joseph Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979) was an American humorist and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for ''The New Yorker''. He also wrote for several other magazines, ...
, humorist *
Mike Pettine Michael Mark Pettine (born September 25, 1966) is an American football coach who is the assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach of the Cleveland Br ...
,
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head coach *
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, singer * Mike Senica, race car driver * Camille Schrier, American pageant titleholder *
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, artist * Sinch, rock band *
Michael Smerconish Michael Andrew Smerconish ( ; born March 15, 1962) is an American radio host, television presenter, political commentator, author, and lawyer. He hosts ''The Michael Smerconish Program'' on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel and a weekly program on CNN and ...
, radio and TV host *
Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing '' I Capture the Castle'' (1948) and the children's novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1956). Other work ...
, author *
Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received Lis ...
, composer *
Timothy Stack Timothy Clifton Stack (born November 21, 1954) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Education Timothy was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Joan and Tom Stack. He graduated from the Philadelphia-area prep ...
, actor *
Stephen Susco Stephen Susco (born October 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for writing horror films such as '' The Grudge'', '' The Grudge 2'', and '' Texas Chainsaw 3D''. His directorial debut film, '' Unfriended: ...
, motion picture screenwriter * Dave Taber, retired soccer player * Colin Thompson, racing driver *
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, author *
Jon Van Dine CRUISR (pronounced cruiser) is an American indie pop band based in Philadelphia. They are signed to Vagrant Records. The line-up consists of Andy States (Vocals, Guitar), Jon Van Dine (Drums), and Bruno Catrambone (Guitar). Background CRUI ...
, drummer of indie-pop band
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* Jeremy Kipp Walker, film producer *
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, college president * Michael E. Wegscheider, U.S. Army major general * Foster Winans, journalist, convicted of
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* Matt Wisniewski, artist * Robert Morris Yardley, member of the U.S. House of Representatives


In popular culture

*The 2002
M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliyattu M. Night Shyamalan ( ; born August 6, 1970) is an American filmmaker. His films often employ supernatural plots and twist endings. The cumulative gross of his films exceeds $3.3 billion globally. Shyamalan has received vario ...
directed science fiction horror film '' Signs'' was primarily filmed in Doylestown. *The 2002
ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
documentary ''The Last Game'', tells the story of
Central Bucks High School West Central Bucks High School - West, often shortened to CB West, is a public high school housing students in grades ten through twelve. It is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and is part of the Central Bucks School District. During the 2020-202 ...
's football team and its long-standing coach Mike Pettine as the team seeks to defend its 30-game winning streak against major eastern Pennsylvania high school football powerhouses in Pettine's final season before retirement. *The
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series ''
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'', which premiered in 2022, revolves around two separate Doylestown families who relocate to
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
in the late 1800s. However, the scenes set in Doylestown were filmed in
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. *The 2024 epic historical drama film ''
The Brutalist ''The Brutalist'' is a 2024 Epic film, epic Historical drama, period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. It stars Adrien Brody as a History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish-Hungarian ...
'' is partially set in the borough.


References


External links

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Borough of Doylestown
* {{authority control 1745 establishments in Pennsylvania 1838 establishments in Pennsylvania Boroughs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania County seats in Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1745