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In 1814, the inhabitants of Doylestown and its vicinity petitioned the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the establishment of the Township of Doylestown. By 1818, the Township of Doylestown was established and was comprised of the village of Doylestown and 1,885 acres from Buckingham Township, 5,350 acres from New Britain Township ...
History. William Doyle's 18th Century Inn, founded at the intersection of the Philadelphia to Easton, and Swedsford to Coryell's Ferry roads, was the seed that bloomed into the town now known as Doylestown. As a major crossroads in a largely agricultural area, Doylestown became a central village in the County, leading to its designation as the ...
Website. www .doylestownborough .net. Doylestown is a borough in and the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 8,300. Doylestown is located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Trenton, 25 miles (40 km) north of Center City Philadelphia, and 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Allentown.
Mail coach lines through Doylestown were established in 1823, and a daily coach to New York began in 1829, with stops in New Hope and New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rail Services Arrive. Doylestown’s development by 1850 is shown in this detail from a map of Bucks County. The county seat’s original courthouse and jail are depicted in the lower ...
The land that became Doylestown was originally inhabited by the Lenni-Lenape Indians and consisted of forested hills and a few paths. It was first owned by the Free Society of Traders in London, then sold in 1724 to Jeremiah Langhorne as part of a 2000 acre tract. In the early 1730s, Edward Doyle and his sons lived in the area, and in 1745 ...
Dec 18, 2013 · In 1745 the town was officially founded when the Doyles family built an inn, resulting in the town being referred to early on as "William Doyle's Tavern" and "Doyle's Town." William Doyle went on ...
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Title History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900; Names Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910.
