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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.
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Currently serving as the Doylestown branch of the Bucks County (Pa.) Free Library, the Melinda Cox Library was Doylestown's first free library. It opened in 1917 through a bequest of Doylestown resident Charles Cox (1832-1914) who left his entire estate to create a community library named after his mother, Melinda Hines Cox (1803-1890).
Doylestown became the county seat of Bucks County in 1812, and the area flourished when a railroad line was completed between Doylestown and Philadelphia in 1856. Doylestown's historic downtown began to deteriorate in the early 1960s, but the town was revitalized in part due to an architectural preservation movement.
Mar 25, 2012 · Historic Doylestown. March 25, 2012. 12:00 PM. Four hundred forty seven feet above sea level, Doylestown’s courthouse, church spires and the roof peaks of the Mercer Museum can be seen for miles around. As the county seat of Bucks County, it is appropriate that the town is situated near the geographic center of Bucks County.
Mayor Not Available Joseph B. Weaver (b.1825 - d.1886) 1870-1872 5 Mayor Not Available Abel H. Pursell (b.1821 - d.1898 ) 1872-1873 6 Mayor Not Available Joseph Benjamin Weaver (b.1825 - d.1886) 1874 7 Mayor Not Available William G. Bigelow (b.1841 - d.1927) 1874-1881 8 Mayor Not Available Joseph Benjamin Weaver (b.1825 - d.1886) 1882-1883 9 Mayor
The start of a family that impacted and helped establish many important citizens of Doylestown began with Henry S. Murfit (1854 – 1900) and Caroline Hill Gilkyson Murfit (1855 – 1918). Henry S. Murfit was born in Upper Makefield Township into a family that was among the first settlers in Bucks County. He entered the […]
