Bucks County, PA

Headnote

BUCKS COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of Pennsylvania, on the westerly side of Delaware river. Length, 37 miles; mean breadth, 16; with an area of about 600 square miles. The face of the country is somewhat hilly and rolling, and the soil generally good and well cultivated. Seat of justice, Doylestown. Pop. in 1820, 37,642; in 1830, 45,740; in 1840, 48,107; to 1850, 56,091. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BUCKS COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of Pennsylvania, on the westerly side of Delaware river. Length, 37 miles; mean breadth, 16; with an area of about 600 square miles. The face of the country is somewhat hilly and rolling, and the soil generally good and well cultivated. Seat of justice, Doylestown. Pop. in 1820, 37,642; in 1830, 45,740; in 1840, 48,107; to 1850, 56,091.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 56.
Date Type
Famous portrait painter Rembrandt Peale dies at his home in Philadelphia Personal
Heavy damage caused in storm that strikes Bucks County, Pennsylvania Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Name Type
Bristol, PA City or Town
Doylestown, PA City or Town
Langhorne, PA City or Town
Middletown, PA City or Town
Newportville, PA City or Town
Date Title
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Douglas in Pennsylvania,” April 7, 1860
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