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FIRST COUNTY SEAT TID BITS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PA COUNTIES COUNTY SEATS OF PA BUCKS COUNTY BELL

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Bucks was one of the three original counties established by the Founder of Pennsylvania in 1682. It took its name from a district in England, from whence came a number of the passengers by the Welcome. In a letter to the Free Society of Traders, early in 1683, William Penn speaks of it as Buckingham County, a shire or county in England. The Penns were an old Buckinghamshire family and had been seated there for generations; and many of the Quakers who had come over with Penn on the Welcome had migrated from Buckinghamshire. 7 Egle

TOWNSHIPS MUNICIPALITIES BOROUGHS
  1. Bedminster
  2. Bensalem
  3. Bridgeton
  4. Bristol
  5. Buckingham
  6. Doylestown-twp
  7. Durham
  8. East Rockhill
  9. Falls
  10. Haycock
  11. Hilltown
  12. Lower Makefield
    1. Dolington
  13. Lower Southampton
  14. Middletown
  15. Milford
  16. New Britain
  17. Newtown
  18. Nockamixon
  19. Northampton
  20. Plumstead
  21. Richland
  22. Solebury
  23. Southampton (Upper Southampton)
  24. Springfield
  25. Tinicum
  26. Upper Makefield
  27. Warminster
  28. Warrington
  29. Warwick
  30. West Rockhill
  31. Wrightstown
  1. Bedminster Township
  2. Bensalem Township
  3. Bridgeton Township
  4. Bristol Borough
  5. Bristol Township
  6. Buckingham Township
  7. Chalfont Borough
  8. Doylestown Borough
  9. Doylestown Township
  10. Dublin Borough
  11. Durham Township
  12. East Rockhill Township
  13. Falls Township
  14. Haycock Township
  15. Hilltown Township
  16. Hulmeville Borough
  17. Ivyland Borough
  18. Langhorne Borough
  19. Langhorne Manor Borough
  20. Lower Makefield Township
  21. Lower Southampton Township
  22. Middletown Township
  23. Milford Township
  24. Morrisville Borough
  25. New Britain Borough
  26. New Britain Township
  27. New Hope Borough
  28. Newtown Borough
  29. Newtown Township
  30. Nockamixon Township
  31. Northampton Township
  32. Penndel Borough
  33. Perkasie Borough
  34. Plumstead Township
  35. Quakertown Borough
  36. Richland Township
  37. Richlandtown Borough
  38. Riegelsville Borough
  39. Sellersville Borough
  40. Silverdale Borough
  41. Solebury Township
  42. Springfield Township
  43. Telford Borough
  44. Tinicum Township
  45. Trumbauersville Borough
  46. Tullytown Borough
  47. Upper Makefield Township
  48. Upper Southampton Township
  49. Warminster Township
  50. Warrington Township
  51. Warwick Township
  52. West Rockhill Township
  53. Wrightstown Township
  54. Yardley Borough  
  1. Bristol_Borough
  2. Chalfont
  3. Doylestown
  4. Dublin_borough
  5. Hulmeville
  6. Ivyland
  7. Langhorne
  8. Langhorne Manor
  9. Morrisville
  10. New Britain Borough
  11. NewHope
  12. Newtown_Borough
  13. Penndel
  14. Perkasie
  15. Quakertown
  16. Richland Borough
  17. Riegelsville
  18. Sellersville
  19. Silverdale
  20. Telford
  21. Trumbauersville
  22. Tullytown
  23. Yardley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Bucks County:  https://www.buckscounty.gov/1194/Municipalities
     
     

 

FIRST COUNTY SEAT

Carved in marble on a wall in the Bucks County Courthouse!
Bucks County was organized in 1683, courthouses were built in:

  • FALLS TWP 1684
  • BRISTOL 1705
  • NEWTOWN 1725
  • DOYLESTOWN 1812
  • DOYLESTOWN 1877
  • DOYLESTOWN 1962

The location of the first Court House in Bucks County, in Falls Township, near the Delaware River, below Morrisville..... also called Crookhorne

From Battle's History..... "that portion of Falls (as erected in 1692) between Pennsbury and the river at Biles island, in which the first court-house of the county was situated. The name may have been suggested by the peculiar bend of the river at this place. Like Pennsbury, its political autonomy has long since ceased to exist. Even the name is no longer recognized in the locality to which it once applied."

BUCKS COUNTY POCKET FACTS 2a.
bulletPopulation: 1999, an estimated 596,000 people
bulletArea: Land - 608 square miles Water: 15.8 square miles
bulletGovernment: 23 boroughs and 31 townships
Three commissioners, Clerk of Courts, controller, Coroner, District Attorney, Judy Commissioners, Prothonotary, Recorder of Deeds, Register of wills, Sheriff and Treasurer
bulletRecreation: 23 Park areas, totaling 7,500, including 5 lakes and up to 365 acres in size. 4,318 acres of state gameland, 7 state parks.
bulletHistoric Sites:
bulletWashington Crossing State Park
bulletThe Mercer Museum
bulletPennsbury Manor
bulletSchools: 13 publics school districts, three vocational-technical, numerous private, parochila and special schools. Institutes of higher learning include: Bucks County Community College, Delaware Valley College of Sciences and agriculture, Philadelphia College of Bible, Holy Family college, and LaSalle University satellite.
bulletHealthcare: Frankford, Bucks County Campus, Temple University Health System: Lower Bucks , St. Mary Medical Center, Doylestown, Grandview, St Luke's and Warminster Hospital. Neshaminy Manor Home is the County's skilled geriatric nursing home.
bulletTransportation: Highways- 1,500 miles of state roads, including Interstate 95, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and U.S. Routes 1,13, 202.
bulletPublic Transportation - the Southeastern Pennsylvania transportation Authority provides daily bus service on nine routes and four commuter railroad lines in the county. Amtrak's Keystone Line Service is also accessible via the Middletown station.
Air The Bucks County Airport Authority operates the Quakertown and Doylestown Airports. Two privately owned public use aviation airports, VanSant and Pennridge.
bulletAgriculture: 351 farms cover 83,534 acres of land areas. The county ranks high in the sate in nursery and greenhouse stock, and sod production.
bulletCommerce: Historically, most commerce has been centered in boroughs and at the crossroads of major transportation routes. Today, there are more than 50- shopping centers with more than 100,000 square feet of floor space. Large, regional centers located in the county are Oxford Valley Mall and Neshaminy Mall, villages at Newtown, and the Warminster Town Center.
bulletIndustry: Employment is primarily provided by the services, retail trade, and manufacturing and industrial sectors. More than 78 industrial parks are located throughout the county. In 1999, over 323,200 people made up the Bucks County labor force.
bulletHousing: In 1999, it was estimated that there were more than 222,000 housing units in the county, ranging from centuries - old farmhouses to contemporary solars. Also available are apartments, townhouse, mobile homes and historic mansions, as well as typical suburban, single-family homes.
  2a BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

BUCKS COUNTY POCKET FACTS 20002a.

BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Pocket Facts Rev 1/02
bulletPopulation: 2000, Approximately 600,000 people reside in Bucks County, a 10T increase over the 1990 population.
bulletArea: Land - 608 square miles Water: 15.8 square miles
bulletGovernment: Bucks County is a Class 2A County, 23 boroughs and 31 townships
Three commissioners, Clerk of Courts, controller, Coroner, District Attorney, Judy Commissioners, Prothonotary, Recorder of Deeds, Register of wills, Sheriff and Treasurer
bulletJudiciary: The Bucks County Court of Common Pleas is comprised of 11 judges who are elected to 10 year terms with 10-year, voter-approved retention. The county also has a minor judiciary of 18 district justices with limited jurisdiction.
bulletRecreation: The Bucks County parks and Recreation Department maintains 23 park areas totaling approximately 8,000 acres, including five lakes up to 365 acres in size,. Four parks are located along the Delaware River. The County has 4,318 acres of state gameland. In addition, seven state parks are located in the county.
bulletHistoric Sites:Bucks County is famous nationwide for its historic sites. Three notable are
  1. Washington Crossing Historic Park
  2. The Mercer Museum
  3. Pennsbury Manor
bulletSchools: Bucks County 13 public school districts, three vocational-technical schools and numerous private, parochial and special schools. Bucks County Schools' Intermediate Unit #22 maintains a current listing of all educational institutions located in the county.
bulletHealthcare: Hospitals located in the county are: Frankford Hospital, Bucks County Campus; Temple University Health System; Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol; St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne; Doylestown Hospital; Grand View Hospital, Sellersville; St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital; and Warminster Hospital. Neshaminy Manor is the county's skilled geriatric nursing home.
bulletTransportation: The County is traversed by more than 1,500 miles of state roads including Interstate 95, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and U.S. Route 1,13 and 202. PA Routes 309, 611 and 132 provide arterial links to other areas of the region.
bulletAgriculture: Approximately 350 farms cover 83,534 acres of land area.
bulletCommerce:Historically, most commerce has been centered in boroughs and at the crossroads of major transportation routes. Today, there are more than 50 shopping centers with more than 100,000 square feet of floor space. large, regional centers located in the county are Oxford Valley Mall and Neshaminy Mall, the Court at Oxford Valley, Village at Newtown, and the Warminster Town Center.
bulletIndustry:Employment is primarily provided by the services, retail trade, and manufacturing and industrial sectors. More than 78 industrial parks are located throughout the county. In 2002, over 334,200 people made up the Bucks County labor force.
  2a BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

BUCKS COUNTY BELL 2a

The Bucks County Bell was forged in 1813 by the same foundry that cast the historic Liberty Bell which is on display in Independence National Park in Philadelphia. The price to cast the bell was $211.20 - a tidy sum in 1813. This four hundred pound, half-size replica of the famous original was presented to Bucks County government that year to hang in its new courthouse in the new county seat of Doylestown. The county seat had been changed from Newtown to Doylestown in order to be more centrally located.

Two consecutive courthouses housed the bell through 1960 where it had tolled the hour, half-hour and convening of court sessions. Lost during the demolition of the second courthouse in 1960, the bell was discovered in a Philadelphia junkyard and purchased by William F. Berry for $15,000. The bell remained in his East Falls home and was loaned to community organizations for fairs and parades.

In 1989, efforts were initiated to return the Bucks County Bell to the Bucks County Courthouse. Horace Collins, philanthropist and president of Philadelphia Rivet company of Doylestown purchased the bell for $15,000 with the intention of refurbishing it and returning it to Bucks County. The Bucks County Commissioners then formed an agreement with Joseph A.Braman, Jr., new owner and president of Philadelphia Rivet Company to provide a sui9table site for permanent display of the historic bell. Elementary school students from Central Bucks School District saved 43,965 pennies to offset the cost of the bell's wood frame which was crafted by bucks County Technical School students in the likeness of the Liberty Bell housing.

On March 15, 1995, after a 35 year absence, the Bucks county Bell returned home, where it remains on public display in the second floor lobby of the Bucks County Courthouse.

bulletHeight: 23 inches
bullet Circumference: 72.2 inches
bullet Weight: 400 pounds
bullet Frame Height:
bullet Frame Weight: 1,000 pounds
bullet Frame Wood: Ash
bullet Inscription:"Edwin Hedderly Founder, Philadelphia 1813"

 
 

Page last updated: October 25, 2021

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1864) 2nd Inaugural

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. 

 

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